GENERAL     LAWS 


OF  THE 


State  of  Vermont 


RELATING  TO 


Public   Instruction 


PUBLISHED     11Y     AUTHORITY. 


TITLE  11.— Public  Statutes. 
IN  FORCE  AUGUST  1,  1907. 


Concord,  N.  H. 

Rumford  Printing  Company. 

1907 


GENERAL     LAWS 


OF  THE 


State  of  Vermont 


RELATING  TO 


Public   Instruction 


PUBLISHKI)    BY    AUTHOB1TY. 


TITLE  1 1 .     Public  Statutes. 
IX  FORCE  AUGUST  1,  ,1907. 


Concord,  N.  H. 

Rimford  Printing  Company. 

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TITLE  11. 

PUBLIC   INSTRUCTION. 

Part  I. — General  provisions. 
Part  II. — Special  provisions. 
Part  III. — Miscellaneous  provisions. 
Past  IV. — Public  libraries. 


PART   I. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Chapter  40. — Superintendent    of    education    and    educational 

meetings. 
Chapter  41.— Examiners  of  teachers  and  town  superintendents. 
Chapter  42. — Superintendent  of  schools  for  two  or  more  towns. 
Chapter  43. — Normal  schools. 
Chapter  44. — Teachers'  certificates  and  permits. 
Chapter  45. — Town  system. 
Chapter  46. — Instruction  for  elementary  pupils. 
Chapter  47. — Instruction  for  advanced  pupils. 
Chapter  48. — School  year  and  time  allowed  teachers. 
Chapter  49. — School  age  and  attendance. 
Chapter  50. — Employment  of  child  labor. 
Chapter  51. — Registers  and  returns. 
Chapter  52. — School  taxes  and  school  moneys. 
Chapter  53. — Text-books  and  supplies. 
Chapter  54. — Taking  land  for  school  purposes. 


CHAPTER  40. 

SUPERINTENDENT   OF   EDUCATION   AND    EDUCA- 
TIONAL MEETINGS. 

Section  914. — Superintendent  of  education. 

Sections  915,  916. — Teachers'  institutes. 
Section  917. — Summer  schools. 

Section  918. — Educational  meetings. 

Section  919. — State  teachers'  association. 

Section  920. — Reports. 


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EIlH-JCATIONAL  meetings. 


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Section  921. 

Section  922. 

Sections  923,  924. 


-Circulars. 
-Examinations. 
-Courses  of  study. 


Superintendent  of  Education. 

Sec.  914.     Election;  duties;  vacancy,  etc.     The  general  as- 
sembly shall  elect  at  each  biennial  session  a  superintendent  of 
18^4,  No.  33,  §§i,  2,  e(iucation,   who   shall  have   general   supervision   of   the   public 
schools  and  devote  his  whole  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office.     A 
vacancy  in  such  office  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor.     Said  super- 


V.  S.  §§  595,  596. 
1888,  No.  9,  §§1,  3 
R.  L.  §§452,  453. 


1874,  No.  36,  §  4. 

1872,  No.  18,  §  6. 

1870,  No.  21. 

G.  S.  21,  22,  §§1,  3. 

1856,  No.  5,  §§i,  3,  intendent  shall  have  an  office  in  the  state  house 

9. 


V.  S.  §§  598,  600, 

601. 
1894,  No.  34. 
1888,  No.  9,  §§5,  7. 

8. 
R.  L.  §  454. 
1874,  No.  33,  §  3. 
1869,  No.  7. 
1868,  No.  53,  §  1. 
1867,  No.  69,  §  1. 
1863,  No.  27. 
G.  S.  22,  §  23. 
1856,  No.  5,  §  3. 
1849,  No.  14,  §  3. 
1845,  No.  37,  §  5. 


V.  S.  §  599. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  8. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  6. 


1902,  No.  29,  §  1. 
V.  S.  §  598. 
1894,  No.  34. 


R.  1906,  §  835. 
1906,  No.  44,  §  1. 
1902,  No.  29,  §  2. 
V.  S.  §  602. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  9. 


1849,  No.  14,  §  2.   1845,  No.  37,  §§3,  7.  1833,  No.  19,  §  1.  1827,  No.  23,  §  16. 

Teachers'  Institutes. 

Sec.  915.  When  held;  instruction;  expense.  Said  super- 
intendent shall  hold  at  least  one  and  not  more  than  two  teach- 
'ers'  institutes  in  each  county  during  each  biennial  term.  In  an 
institute,  special  attention  shall  be  given  to  the  training  of 
teachers  in  the  methods  of  instruction ;  and  said  superintendent 
may  employ  persons  specially  skilled  to  aid  in  such  work*.  An 
institute  shall  not  continue  more  than  four  days ;  and  the  entire 
expense  of  an  institute  shall  not  exceed  thirty  dollars  per  day, 
which  shall  be  paid  by  said  superintendent  and  be  allowed  in  the 
settlement  of  his  account. 

Sec.  916.  Examiner  may  conduct.  If  said  superintendent 
is  unable  to  be  present  at  a  teachers'  institute,  he  may  direct  an 
examiner  of  teachers  to  conduct  the  same. 

Summer  Schools. 

Sec.  917.  When  held;  expense.  Said  superintendent  and 
the  examiner  of  teachers  may,  if  no  institute  is  held  in  a  county 
during  any  year,  arrange  for  and  conduct  a  summer  school  for 
teachers,  the  expense  of  which  to  the  state  shall  not  exceed 
twenty-five  dollars  per  day  for  not  more  than  ten  days ;  and  the 
examiner  shall  receive  from  the  state  compensation  for  not  more 
than  ten  days  for  his  services  in  connection  with  such  summer 
school.  Said  superintendent  and  the  examiners  concerned  may, 
in  their  discretion,  unite  and  hold  in  some  convenient  location, 
a  summer  school  for  two  or  more  counties ;  but  the  entire  expense 
to  the  state  of  such  school  shall  not  exceed  the  expense  of  two 
schools  as  herein  provided. 

Educational  Meetings. 

Sec.  918.  Superintendent  may  hold;  expense.  Said  su- 
perintendent may  hold  educational  meetings  in  different  towns 
in  each  county  and  employ  competent  assistants ;  but  the  expense 
per  day  shall  not  exceed  the  allowance  per  day  for  a  summer 
school;  and  the  entire  expense  for  such  meetings  in  a  county 
for  a  year  shall  not  exceed  the  allowance  for  a  summer  school, 
which  shall  be  paid  by  said  superintendent  and  be  allowed  in 
the  settlement  of  his  account. 


Chap.  40.]  COURSES    OF    STUDY.  ■        2*51 

State  Teachers'  Association. 

Sec.  919.  Appropriation.  For  the  purpose  of  securing  1902,  Nx>.  28.  §§  i, 
speakers  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  state  teachers'  association 
held  in  accordance  with  the  aim  and  purpose  of  institutes  and 
summer  schools,  or  for  publishing  addresses  and  papers  under 
the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of  education,  the  sum  of  not 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  is  annually  appropriated.  The 
auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  an  order  for  such  sums  and  at 
such  times  as  said  superintendent  may  require  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

Reports. 

Sec.  920.     Superintendent   to  make.     Said   superintendent  v.  s.  §  603. 
,     „  \  ,  .  ,  ^       „     .     ,  »  ,   1888,  No.  9,  §  10. 

shall  present  to  the  general  assembly,  on  the  first  day  ot  eachR.  l.  §  456. 

biennial  session,  a  report  of  his  official  acts  for  the  preceding G.'s;  22,  %%'£,  4. 

two  years  and  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  schools  and  the  ^|g|;  £°;  ±-  f§|\ 

expenditure  of  school  money,  with  such  suggestions  for  the  im- 1845-  No-  *T«  §  "• 

provement  of  schools  as  he  deems  proper. 

Circulars. 

Sec.  921.  Superintendent  to  issue.  Said  superintendent  1902,  No.  22.  §  1. 
may  annually  issue  and  distribute  among  school  officers  and  2.' 
teachers,  circulars  of  educational  information  at  the  expense  of 
the  state,  the  cost  of  printing  the  same  not  to  exceed  four  hun- 
dred dollars.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  orders  for 
such  sums  and  at  such  times  as  said  superintendent  may  require 
to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Examinations. 

Sec.  922.     Papers;  standard.     Said  superintendent  shall  fix  v.  s.  §  605. 
the  standard  to  be  reached  in  the  examination  of  teachers,  pre-isss',  No.  9,  §§  49, 
pare  and  procure  the  printing  of  questions  for  such  examination      •  •  Co" 
and  blanks  for  teachers'  certificates,  and  transmit  the  same  to 
the  examiners;  and  the  cost  of  such  printing  shall  be  allowed  as 
a  part  of  his  expenses. 

Courses  of  Study. 
Sec.  923.     Superintendent  to  prepare  and  issue.     Said  su-1906.  No.  43.  §  4. 

•    *      a      +  x.  j    •  V.    S.    §§    607,    cos, 

permtendent  may,  when  necessary,  prepare  and  issue  a  course     609. 

of  study  for  use  in  the  elementary  schools  as  a  requisite  f or  18|f'3  No'      '  §§  *• 

admission  to  high  schools  and  academies,  and  shall  distribute  one 

copy  of  such  course  to  each  teacher  of  the  public  schools  and 

two  copies  to  each  school  officer. 

Sec.  924.     Expense  of  printing.     The  course  of  study  pro-R.  1906,  5  842. 
vided  in  the  preceding  section  and  the  course  of  study  for  high  1804,  ftoTso,  §  2. 
schools  to  be  prepared  by  said  superintendent  shall  be  printed 
at  the  expense  of  the  state. 


262 


V.  S.  §  610. 
1S90,  No.  5,  §  3. 
1888,  No.  9,  chap. 


V.  S.  5  611. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  8. 


1902,  No.  23,  §  1. 


V.  S.  §  613. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  10. 


1904,  No.  31,  §  1. 


V.  S.  §  614. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  11. 


1904,  No.  34,  §  1. 

1900,  No.  17,  §  1. 

1896,  No.  19,  §  1. 

V.  S.  §  615. 

1892,  No.  20,  §  12. 

1886,  No.  31. 

1882,  No.  107. 


V.  S.  §  616. 
1894,  No.  16i 
609. 


EXAMINERS    OF   TEACHERS. 
CHAPTER  41. 


[Title  11. 


EXAMINERS  OF  TEACHERS  AND  TOWN  SUPERIN- 
TENDENTS. 

Sections  925-930. — Examiners  of  teachers. 
Sections  931-937. — Town  superintendents. 

Examiners  of  Teachers. 

Sec.  925.  Appointment;  vacancy..  At  each  biennial  ses- 
sion of  the  general  assembly,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  the 
governor  and  superintendent  of  education  shall  appoint  an  ex- 
aminer of  teachers  in  each  county,  who  shall  be  a  resident 
thereof.  A  vacancy  in  such  office  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor 
and  said  superintendent. 

Sec.  926.  Duties  as  to  teachers'  institutes.  Said  examiner 
shall,  under  the  direction  of  said  superintendent,  make  all  neces- 
sary arrangements  for  holding  teachers'  institutes  in  his  county, 
take  measures  to  secure  the  attendance  of  teachers  at  the  same, 
give  assistance  at  such  institutes  and  furnish  such  statistical  in- 
formation as  may  be  required. 

Sec.  927.  Meetings.  Examiners  of  teachers  shall  meet, 
with  said  superintendent  at  least  once  in  each  year,  when  notified 
by  him,  for  the  purpose  of  formulating  regulations  to  govern 
the  execution  of  their  duties  and  of  considering  other  matters 
connected  with  the  educational  interests  of  the  state.  Said  ex- 
aminers shall  be  allowed  by  the  auditor  of  accounts  for  such  ser- 
vices, the  same  per  diem  as  for  other  services,  not  exceeding  four 
days  in  a  year,  and  their  actual  expenses. 

Sec.  928.  Removal.  The  governor  and  superintendent  of 
education  may  remove  an  examiner  and  appoint  his  successor,  if, 
in  the  judgment  of  said  superintendent,  said  examiner  is  unfit 
for  the  duties  required  of  him  or  his  services  are  unprofitable. 

Sec.  929.  Superintendent  may  act  as,  when.  Said  super- 
intendent may,  in  case  of  the  death,  resignation,  neglect  or  dis- 
ability of  an  examiner,  temporarily  perform  the  duties  of  his 
office. 

Sec.  930.  Report.  An  examiner  shall  biennially,  in  the 
month  of  June,  submit  to  said  superintendent  a  report  of  his 
doings,  with  such  suggestions  as  he  deems  proper. 

Town  Superintendents. 

Sec.  931.  Appointment.  The  board  of  school  directors 
shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April,  appoint  a  town 
superintendent  of  schools,  fix  his  compensation  and,  within  ten 
days  thereafter,  file  for  record  a  certificate  of  such  appointment 
in  the  town  clerk's  office,    r.  l.  §§  458,  2658,  4540.    55  vt.  61. 

Sec.  932.  Removal;  vacancy.  The  board  of  school  direc- 
tors may  remove  a  town  superintendent  from  office,  if,  in  its 
judgment,  he  is  unfit  for  the  duties  required  of  him;  and  said 
board  may  fill  any  vacancy. 


Chap.  42.]  SUPERINTENDENT   OF   SCHOOLS.  263 

Sec.  933.     Term  of  office.     The  term  of  office  of  a  town  v.  s.  §  git. 
superintendent  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  April  following  g'.  s.  22,  §  9. 
his  appointment  and  continue  for  one  year  and  until  a  successor  ^^  Nq.  1,  §'  1. 
is  appointed.  1833,  No.  19,  §  1.      1827,  No.  23,  §  3.      1845>  No-  37'  §  1- 

Sec.  934.     Duties.     Said    superintendent    shall    visit    the  v.  s.  §  618. 
schools  of  the  town  at  least  once  each  term,  and  oftener  if  theR.  £  §°459.' 
board  of  school  directors  so  directs,  note  the  method  of  instruc-  ^4|;  ff^  %]®'§  4. ' 
tion  and  government,  inform  himself  of  the  progress  of  the.  pu- 1|||»  *£•  ™>  |  \ 
pils,  and  give  necessary  advice  to  teachers.  1827.  No-  23>  §  3- 

Sec.  935.  Same.  Said  superintendent  shall,  on  visiting  a  v.  s.  §^619. 
school,  observe  the  condition  of  the  school  house,  outbuildings 
and  grounds,  ascertain  if  such  school  is  properly  supplied  with 
maps,  reference  books  and  apparatus,  and  its  pupils  with  neces- 
sary text-books,  and  make  such  recommendations  to  the  board  of 
school  directors  as  to  the  condition  and  needs  of  the  school  as 
he  deems  necessary. 

Sec.  936.     Removal  of  teachers.     Said  superintendent  may  v.  s.  §  621. 
dismiss  a  teacher  who,  in  his  judgment,  is  incompetent  or  unfit  \®&t  no!  31.   lo" 
for  the  position ;  and  such  dismissal  shall  be  given  to  the  teacher  K-  L-  §§  497,  498- 
in  writing,  who  shall  receive  pay  pro  rata  to  the  time  of  his  dis- 
missal. 

.    Sec.  937.     Report.     Said  superintendent  shall  submit  to  the  v.  s.  §  620. 
town  at  its  annual  meeting,  a  written  report  of  his  doings,  with  issg!  no.'  31,'  §  1. 
such  suggestions  as  he  deems  necessary.     Such  report  shall  be  **■  **■  §  46a 
filed  in  the  town  clerk's  office.     Said  superintendent  shall  be 
allowed  not  more  than  three  dollars  for  preparing  such  report. 

CHAPTER  42. 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS    FOR    TWO    OR 
MORE  TOWNS. 

Sec.  938.  Union  of  towns,  how  formed.  Two  or  more  1906,  No.  45,  §  1. 
•neighboring  towns  having  an"  aggregate  of  not  more  than  seventy 
nor  less  than  thirty  schools  of  not  less  than  twenty-eight  weeks 
each  may,  by  vote  of  the  school  directors  of  the  several  towns, 
unite  to  form  a  union  for  the  purpose  of  employing  a  superin- 
tendent of  schools  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided  for  Grand  Isle  county.  An  incorporated 
district  may  be  considered  a  town  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a 
union  with  other  towns  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  A 
town  or  incorporated  district  maintaining  thirty  or  more  legal 
schools  may  individually  be  considered  a  union  for  the  purposes 
of  this  chapter,  if  the  school  board  thereof  so  elects. 

Sec.  939.  Joint  committee,  how  formed.  The  number  of  1906,  No.  45,  §§  1, 
school  directors  acting  for  a  town  forming  a  union  shall  not  2' 
exceed  three  when  such  union  consists  of  two  or  more  towns; 
and  the  directors  of  the  towns  forming  a  union  shall  form  a 
joint  committee;  and,  for  the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  said 
committee  shall  be  held  to  be  the  agent  of  each  town  forming 
the  union. 

Sec.  940.    Joint  committee;  organization;  duties;  appoint- 1906,  No.  45,  §§  2, 
ment  of  superintendent.     Said  committee  shall  meet  on  a  day.    5' 


264  SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.  [Title  11. 

and  at  a  place  agreed  upon  by  the  chairmen  of  the  boards  of 
school  directors  of  the  several  towns  forming  the  union,  and 
shall  organize  by  the  choice  of  a  chairman  and  a  secretary,  who 
shall  serve  until  their  successors  are  elected.  Said  committee 
shall  meet  annually  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  April  for  the  trans- 
action of  such  business  as  may  properly  come  before  it.  Said 
committee  may  adopt  such  by-laws  governing  the  time  and  place 
of  meeting  and  the  order  of  business,  as  it  deems  advisable,  pro- 
vided such  by-laws  are  not  inconsistent  with  this  chapter  and 
the  laws  of  the  state.  Said  committee  shall  elect  a  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  who  shall  serve  for  one  year  ending  June 
thirtieth;  and  it  shall  determine  the  amount  of  service  to  be 
performed  by  said  superintendent,  which  service  shall  be  based 
upon  the  number  of  legal  schools  maintained  in  each  town,  and 
shall  fix  the  salary  and  apportion  the  amount  thereof  to  be  paid 
by  the  several  towns  forming  the  union  according  to  their  re- 
spective grand  lists,  and  shall  certify  such  amount  to  the 
treasurer  of  each  town.  Towns  forming  such  a  union  shall 
have  no  other  superintendent  of  schools.  When  such  union  is 
effected,  it  shall  not  be  dissolved  for  a  period  of  three  years 
from  the  date  of  its  formation,  except  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
all  the  school  directors  of  the  towns  forming  the  union. 

1906,  No.  45,  §  3.  Sec.  941.  Apportionment  of  funds  to  towns  forming 
union.  Whenever  the  chairman  and  secretary  of  said  commit- 
tee certify,  under  oath,  to  the  state  treasurer,  that  a  union  has 
been  effected  as  provided  in  this  chapter,  and  that  the  towns 
unitedly  have  raised  by  taxation,  appropriated  and  paid  in  any 
one  year  a  sum  not  less  than  twelve  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
as  a  salary  for  a  superintendent  of  schools,  and  that,  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  a  superintendent  has  been  employed 
for  one  year,  the  state  treasurer  shall  apportion  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  among  the  several  towns  forming  the  union 
according  to  their  respective  grand  lists,  and  shall  pay  the  sums 
so  apportioned  upon  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of 
education  to  the  several  treasurers  of  such  towns.  Said  treas- 
urers shall  place  such  sums  to  the  credit  of  the  school  funds  of 
their  respective  towns.  If  the  superintendent  of  a  town  which 
individually  constitutes  a  union  spends  any  part  of  his  time  in 
teaching,  such  town  shall  receive  from  the  state  such  portion  of 
one  thousand  dollars  as  the  time  spent  by  him  as  superintendent 
bears  to  his  whole  time;  but  such  sum  so  paid  by  the  state  shall 
in  no  case  exceed  five  hundred  dollars. 

190G,  No.  45,  §  4.  Sec.  942.  Directors  to  draw  orders.  The  school  directors 
of  the  several  towns  forming  a  union  shall  draw  orders  on  the 
school"  funds  of  such  towns  for  such  sums  as  may  be  necessary 
to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

1906,  No.  45,  §§  3,  Sec.  943.  Superintendent;  qualifications;  duties.  A  su- 
perintendent elected  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  may 
be  removed  for  such  cause  as  a  majority  of  said  joint  commit- 
tee, with  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  education,  deem 
sufficient.  Said  superintendent  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to 
-the  supervision  of  schools,  except  as  provided  for  a  superin- 


5. 


Chap.  43.]  NORMAL    SCHOOL   COMMISSIONERS.  265 

tendent  of  a  town  which  individually  constitutes  a  union,  shall  ' 
be  a  holder  of,  or  shall  have  held,  a  first  grade  certificate  or  its 
equivalent,  shall  have  taught  at  least  fifty  weeks  and  shall  be 
a  resident  of  one  of  the  towns  forming  the  union  or  become  a 
resident  before  entering  upon  his  duties.  Said  superintendent 
shall  have  power  to  examine  teachers  and  to  grant  certificates 
of  the  second  and  third  grade  under  the  same  regulations  as 
examiners  of  teachers,  but  which  shall  be  valid  only  in  and  for 
the  union  for  which  they  were  granted;  and  he  shall  make  such 
statistical  returns  to  the  superintendent  of  education  as  may  be 
required  by  him,  and  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
day  of  February,  submit  a  written  report  of  his  official  doings 
to  the  boards  of  school  directors  of  the  several  towns  forming 
the  union.  Said  superintendent  shall  direct  the  work  of  the 
teachers  and  pupils,  prescribe  courses  of  study,  supervise  the 
purchase  and  distribution  of  books  and  supplies  and  may  dis- 
miss a  teacher  who,  in  his  judgment,  is  incompetent  and  unfit, 
and  shall  have  all  the  powers  and  perform  all  the  various  duties 
required  by  law  of  town  superintendents  of  schools. 

Sec.  944.  Superintendent  for  Grand  Isle  county.  The  1906,  No.  45,  §  6. 
school  directors  of  the  towns  in  Grand  Isle  county  may  form  a 
union  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  The  joint 
committee  so  formed  may  employ  a  superintendent  of  schools 
for  the  towns  in  such  county,  who  shall  receive  a  salary  of  not 
less  than  one  thousand  dollars.  The  several  towns  forming  such 
union  shall  be  entitled  to  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars  to  be 
apportioned  and  paid  in  the  manner  provided  for  apportioning 
and  paying  money  to  towns*  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

CHAPTER  43. 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS. 

Section  945. — Continuation. 

Sections  946-950. — Normal  school  commissioners. 
Section  951. — Practice  departments. 

Section  952. — Support  of  normal  schools. 

Section  953. — Admission  to  normal  schools. 

Continuation. 

Sec.  945.  Length  of.  The  normal  schools  at  Randolph,  1898,  No.  21,  §  1. 
Johnson  and  Castleton  are  continued  until  August,  nineteen  hun-isssi  No.'io,  §  1. 
dred  and  twenty.  1870,  No.  20,  §  1.    1866,  No.  1,  §§  1,  7.  f^  N046ii3(  §  1_ 


1874,   No.   34. 


Normal  School  Commissioners. 


Sec.  946.     Appointment;  vacancies.     A  board  of  three  per-1898,  No.  22,  §  1. 
sons,  one  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor  in  Novem-     2 . '  "  ° *  ~  '         ' 
ber  of  each  year  and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  three  years, 
shall  constitute  a  board  of  normal  school  commissioners.     The 
governor  shall  fill  all  vacancies  in  said  board. 

Sec.  947.     Resident    commissioners.     The    governor    shall  isns,  n0.  22,  §  1. 
also  appoint  biennially,  for  the  term  of  two  years,  one  resident  "    '     °'      '  * 


266 


SUPPORT    OF   NORMAL    SCHOOLS.         [Title  11. 


1898,  No.  22,  §  2. 
1896,  No.  20,  §  3. 


No. 


§§  4, 


1898, 

5. 
1896,  No.  20,  §  5. 


1898,  No.  22,  §  5. 
1896,  No.  20,  §  5. 


commissioner  in  each  town  where  a  normal  school  is  located,  who 
shall  serve  without  pay  and  only  act  with  said  board  in  matters 
pertaining  to  the  normal  school  in  the  town  of  his  residence. 

Sec.  948.  Organization  of  board.  Said  board  shall  meet 
annually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  January,  and  organize 
by  the  election  of  a  chairman,  a  secretary  and  a  treasurer.  The 
treasurer  shall  give  such  bonds  as  the  governor  and  the  auditor 
of  accounts  shall  direct. 

Sec.  949.  Duties.  Said  board  and  the  superintendent  of 
education  shall  have  the  care  of  the  normal  schools.  They  shall 
establish  courses  of  study  for  such  schools  and  revise  the  same 
when  necessary,  determine  the  conditions  for  admission  to  and 
for  graduation  from  such  normal  schools,  provide  for  the  issue 
of  certificates  to  all  persons  of  good  moral  character  who  pass 
the  examinations  required  for  graduation,  and  may  revoke  the 
same  for  good  and  sufficient  cause  shown.  They  shall  select 
and  employ  all  teachers  for  such  normal  schools  and  shall  dismiss 
them  when  the  interests  of  the  school  require  it.  They  shall 
have  and  exercise  such  powers  as  are  needed  for  properly  con- 
ducting such  schools,  and  shall  report  to  the  general  assembly 
the  condition  and  progress  of  such  schools  and  the  money  re- 
ceived and  expended  for  the  same. 

Sec.  950.  Treasurer  of  board;  duties.  Said  board,  by  its 
treasurer,  shall  receive  all  moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  for 
the  support  of  the  normal  schools  and  all  moneys  accruing  to 
such  schools  from  other  sources,  and  apply  the  same  for  the 
benefit  of  such  schools. 


1898,    No.    22,    § 
5. 


Practice  Departments. 

§  4,  Sec.  951.  Establishment.  Said  board  and  the  superin- 
tendent of  education  may  establish  practice  departments  in  con- 
nection with  the  several  normal  schools.  Said  board  shall  ex- 
pend for  the  support  of  such  departments,  such  part  of  the 
moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  and  accruing  from  other 
sources  as  is  necessary.  They  shall  agree  with  the  board  of 
school  directors  of  a  town  in  which  a  normal  school  is  located  for 
the  use  of  school  property  held  in  trust  by  it,  and  arrange  with 
said  board  for  the  maintenance  of  such  practice  departments. 


R.  1906,  §  867. 

1904,  No.  32,  §  1. 

1900,  No.  18,  §  1. 

1898,  No.  22,  §  6. 

1896,  No.  21,  §  1. 


Support  of  Normal  Schools. 

Sec.  952.  Appropriation.  The  sum  of  seventy-five  hundred 
dollars  is  appropriated  annually  to  each  of  the  normal  schools. 
The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  semi-annually  draw  an  order  for 
the  sum  of  eleven  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  on  the 
first  day  of  July  and  January,  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  the 
board  of  normal  school  commissioners.  Such  sum  shall  be  ex- 
pended in  equal  proportions  by  the  normal  school  commissioners 
for  the  support  of  the  three  normal  schools. 


Chap.  44.]  TEACHERS'    CERTIFICATES.  267 

Admission  to  Normal  Schools. 

Sec.  953.     Regulations.     A  person  who  declares  his  inten-1902,  No.  24,  §  2. 
tion  to  complete  a  course  of  study  in  a  normal  school  and  to     9. ' 
teach  in  the  state  for  two  years  after  graduation  therefrom,  and1896'  No-  21*  §  ~ 
who  complies  with  the  conditions  established  by  the  board  of 
normal  school  commissioners  for  the  admission  of  students,  shall 
be  entitled  to  free  tuition  in  the  normal  school  of  his  choice. 
Other  persons  may  be  admitted  to  the  normal  schools  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  board  of  normal  school  commissioners  on  condi- 
tions and  tuition  fees  fixed  by  it. 

CHAPTER  44. 

TEACHERS'    CERTIFICATES   AND    PERMITS. 

Sections  954,  955. — General  provisions. 

Sections  956-958. — Certificates  for  normal  school  graduates. 
Sections  959-9G1. — Examination  of  teachers. 
Sections  9G2,  963  —  Certificates  of  the  first  grade. 
Sections  9G4,  9G5. — Certificates  of  the  second  grade. 
Section  966. — Continuation  of  first  and  second  grade  cer- 

tificates. 
Sections  967,  968.— Certificates  of  the  third  grade. 
Sections  969,  970. — Special  certificates. 
Sections  971,  972. — Unlimited  certificates. 
Section  973. — Primary  and  kindergarten  certificates. 

Sections  974-976.— Permits. 
Section  977. — Revocation  of  certificates  and  permits. 

General  Provisions. 

Sec.  954.     Certificate  necessary;  age  of  candidate.    No  per- 1902,  No.  25,  §  1. 

son  shall  teach  a  public  school  without  having  a  certificate  or  1890;  No645,'  §  4. 

a  permit  as  hereinafter  provided;  and  a  contract  for  teaching  }888;  x§°§-  431, 429^ 

shall  be  void,  if  the  teacher  does  not  obtain  such  certificate  or  j*,49^  ^ 

permit  before  opening  school.     No  certificate  or  permit  shall  be  go  vt  495! 

issued  to  a  person  not  seventeen  years  of  age.  27  vt'.  28i! 

28   vt.    575. 
30  Vt.  586.  34  Vt.  270.  41  Vt.  353.  46  Vt.  452.  72    Vt.    451.       20    Vt    433- 

Sec.  955.     Notice  by  holder  of  certificate.     A  teacher  hold- 1900,  No.  20,  §  1. 
mg  a  certificate  or  permit  to  teach  shall,  before  school  begins,  is9o!  No.  5,'  §  2. 
notify  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  directors  as  to  the  date  R88§  n°491:  §  Q0, 
and  grade  of  such  certificate  and  the  name  of  the  person  granting  1878>  No-  117'  §  2- 
it,  and,  upon  request,  shall  submit  the  same  to  said  clerk's  inspec- 
tion.    The  contract  of  a  teacher  neglecting  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  void. 

Certificates  for  Normal  School  Graduates. 

Sec.  956.     License    to    teach;    duration.     A    certificate    of  v.  s.  §  64.-.. 
graduation  from  the  lower  course  of  a  normal  school  in  this  r88l:  5  475*  § 
state  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  for  five  JfJJ;  §£  35.'  f  3] 
years  from  the  date  thereof,  and  a  certificate  of  graduation  from 18G6'  No-  *>  §  4- 
the  higher  course  of  such  normal  school  shall  be  a  license  to 
teach  in  the  public  schools  for  ten  years  from  its  date. 


268  CERTIFICATES    OF   FIRST   GRADE.  [Title  11. 

r.  1906,  §  874.  Sec.  957.     Same.     A  graduate  from  the  lower  course  of  a 

1888-,  No.  9,'  §  42.     normal  school,  at  the  fifth  annual  examination  after  his  gradua- 
te'; no.  '56,  §  1.     tion,  on  presenting  to  the  board  of  normal  school  commissioners 
satisfactory  evidence  that  he  has  taught  successfully  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  the  state  one  hundred  weeks  since  his  graduation, 
may  be  admitted  to  an  examination  for  graduation  from  the 
higher  course  of  study  in  such  school,  and,  on  passing  a  satis- 
factory examination  therein,  shall  receive  a  certificate  from  said 
board,  which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  for 
ten  years  from  the  date  thereof. 
1902,  No.  25,  §  3.         Sec.  958.     Graduates  of  normal  schools  in  other  states.     A 
v.  s!  §  °648. '  graduate  of  a  normal  school  in  another  state,  approved  by  the 

ills,'  No  I',  1  44  superintendent  of  education,  may  receive,  without  examination, 
from  an  examiner  of  teachers,  on  presentation  of  a  diploma  or 
certificate  of  graduation,  a  certificate  of  the  first  grade,  valid  for 
five  years  from  the  date  of  graduation  and  subject  to  the  same 
provisions  as  certificates  of  graduation  from  a  normal  school  in 
this  state. 

Examination  of  Teachers. 

1898,  No.  20,  §  1.  Sec.  959.  Examiner  to  hold.  An  examiner  of  teachers 
v89f.'  §§°649,'  J50!  shall  hold  public  oral  and  written  examinations  for  applicants 
i89o'  No'  f  %  3  ^or  certificates  at  such  times  and  places  as  shall  best  accommo- 
1847'  is0' fir'  §§  46'  date  the  teachers  of  the  county.  Said  examiner  shall  keep  a 
r.  l!  §  480.'  record  of  the  name,  age  and  residence  of  each  person  examined, 

and  the  date  and  grade  of  each  certificate  issued.  An  applicant 
who  fails  to  pass  shall  not  have  another  examination  within  three 
months  thereof. 
1896,  No.  19,  §  4.  Sec.  960.  Who  to  hold  in  absence  of  examiner.  If  an  ex- 
1890!  no.05,  §  3.  aminer  is  prevented  from  attending,  he  may  employ  some  com- 
1888,  No.  9,  §§  47,  petent  person  to  conduct  the  examination,  and  issue  certificates 
R-  L-  §  48°-  upon  the  examination  papers  and  the  report  of  the  person  who 

conducted  such  examination.  If  an  examiner  is  unable  to  issue 
certificates  seasonably,  the  superintendent  of  education  shall 
do  so.  An  examiner  of  teachers  who  neglects  for  twelve  days  to 
notify  an  applicant  for  a  teacher's  certificate  of  the  result  of 
such  examination  shall  not  be  paid  the  amount  due  him  for 
conducting  the  examination  upon  which  the  applicant  was  an 
attendant. 
v.  s.  §  651.  Sec.  961.     Examination  papers  to  be  preserved.     Examina- 

1888!  No'  9,  |§145.  tion  papers  shall  be  preserved  in  the  office  of  the  examiner  at 
50-  .  least  one  year  and  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  superin- 

tendent of  education. 

Certificates  of  the  First  Grade. 

v.  s.  §  652.  Sec.  962.     Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license. 

1888,  No.  59,  §§'  52,  An  examiner  may  issue  certificates  of  three  grades.  A  certificate 
53-  of  the  first  grade  shall  be  issued  only  to  one  who  has  taught 

forty  weeks,  whose  examination  papers  show  that  the  applicant 
has  reached  the  standard  required  by  the  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation, who  has  passed  a  satisfactory  oral  examination  and  has 


(  hap.  44.]  CERTIFICATES    OF   THIRD    GRADE.  269. 

given  evidence  of  good  moral  character  and  ability  to  govern. 
Such  certificate  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools 
for  five  years  from  its  date. 

Sec.  963.     To  college  graduates.     A  certificate  of  the  first  1902,  No.  25,  §  6. 
grade  may  be  issued  by  an  examiner  of  teachers  to  a  graduate  of  1894',  No.  24,  §  1. 
a  college  approved  by  the  superintendent  of  education,  without  j89^;  ^o.  9',  i  57. 
examination,  upon  presentation  of  a  diploma  or  certificate  of 
graduation ;  and,  at  the  expiration  of  the  certificate  so  issued,  if 
said  graduate  has  taught  forty  weeks,  the  examiner  may  issue  a 
second  first  grade  certificate. 

Certificates  of  the  Second  Grade. 

Sec.  964.  Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license. v.  s.  §  653. 
A  certificate  of  the  second  grade  shall  be  issued  only  to  one  who  isss',  No!  9,  §  54. 
has  taught  twelve  weeks,  who  has  passed  a  satisfactory  examina- 
tion in  the  branches  required  by  law  to  be  taught  in  public 
schools,  whose  examination  papers  show  that  the  applicant  has 
reached  the  standard  required  by  the  superintendent  of  educa- 
tion and  who  has  given  evidence  of  good  moral  character  and 
ability  to  govern.  Such  certificate  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in 
the  public  schools  for  two  years  from  its  date. 

Sec.  965.     To  high  school  graduates.     A  certificate  of  then.  1906,  §  882. 
second  grade  may  be  issued  by  an  examiner  of  teachers  to  a  v.  s!  §°659. '  . 
person  who  presents  a  certificate  of  graduation  from  a  four1894'  Xo'  24'  §  2' 
years'  course  in  a  high  school  or  academy,  and  who  also  presents 
a  certificate  of  the  completion  of  an  educational  course  of  thirty 
weeks  of  daily  instruction  in  the  principles  and  methods  of  edu- 
cation, such  course  to  be  pursued  in  connection  with  a  regular 
four  years'  course  in  a  high  school  or  academy  and  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  board  of  normal  school  commissioners,   which, 
after  a  satisfactory  examination  conducted  under  its  direction, 
may  grant  certificates  of  completion  of  such  educational  course. 

Continuation  of  First  and  Second  Grade  Certificates. 

Sec.  966.     How  long  in  force.     A   certificate   of  the  first  1906,  No.  47,  §  1. 
grade,  or  a  certificate  of  the  second  grade  issued  on  examination  v9°I.'  |  ekr'  §  5*     ' 
by  an  examiner  of  teachers,  held  by  a  teacher  employed  con-1890,  No-  5'  §  7- 
tinuously  in  the  same  town,  shall  remain  in  force  during  such 
employment. 

Certificates  of  the  Third  Grade. 

Sec.  967.    Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license.  i89G,  No.  19,  §  5. 
A  certificate  of  the  third  grade  may  be  issued  by  an  examiner  of  i89o,  n06u|,'  §  5. 
teachers,  in  his  discretion,  for  a  specified  time,  not  exceeding  one  1888,  No-  9'  §  55- 
year.     Such  certificate  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  county  and  may  be  limited  to  the  teaching  of  a  • 
particular  school.     It  shall  be  issued  only  to  one  who  has  passed 
a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  branches  required  to  be  taught 
in  public  schools  and  is  of  good  moral  character  and  of  ability 
to  govern,  and  shall  be  valid  in  a  county  other  than  the  one  in 
which  it  is  issued  after  indorsement  by  the  examiner  of  that 


270 


UNLIMITED   CERTIFICATES. 


[Title  11. 


1898,  No.  20,  §  2. 
V.  S.  §  655. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  6. 
1888,  No.  9,  §§  45, 

63. 
R.  L.  §  487. 


1906,  No.  43, 
1904,  No.  33, 


1906,  No.  44, 
1902,  No.  25, 


1906, 

No.  47,  §  2. 

1902, 

No.  25,  §  7. 

1896, 

No.  19,  §  6. 

V.  S. 

§  660. 

1890, 

No.  5,  §  2. 

1888, 

No.  9,  §  59. 

1902,  No.  25,  §  2. 


county.  A  person  who  has  twice  taken  a  certificate  of  the  third 
grade  and  has  taught  at  least  twenty-four  weeks  shall  not  again 
be  eligible  to  receive  such  a  certificate. 

Sec.  968.  Private  examinations  for.  An  examiner  may,  in 
his  discretion,  give  private  examinations  and  grant  certificates 
of  the  third  grade,  to  be  valid  until  the  next  public  examination. 
A  fee  not  to  exceed  one  dollar  shall  be  paid  by  the  applicant  for 
such  examination. 

Special  Certificates. 

Sec.  969.  Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license. 
A  special  certificate  may  be  issued  by  an  examiner  of  teachers, 
on  the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  education  and  without 
examination,  to  a  teacher  of  successful  experience  in  teaching 
and  previous  certification  in  the  first  or  second  grade,  or  of 
special  training  for  teaching.  Such  special  certificate  shall  be 
a  license  to  teach  special  high  school  subjects,  music,  drawing, 
physical  culture  or  the  industrial  arts  and  sciences,  in  the  public 
schools.  Such  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five  years,  or  for 
two  years,  according  to  the  grade  of  the  certificate  previously 
held  by  the  applicant ;  and,  in  case  of  special  training,  the  grade 
of  such  certificate  shall  be  determined  by  said  superintendent 
and  examiner. 

Sec.  970.  Third  grade ;  regulations.  A  special  third  grade 
certificate  may  be  issued  by  an  examiner  of  teachers,  on  the 
approval  of  the  superintendent  of  education  and  without  exami- 
nation, to  a  person  who  has  held  a  first  or  second  grade  certifi- 
cate, or  its  equivalent  in  another  state,  and  presents  evidence  of 
recent  and  successful  teaching.  Such  certificate  shall  be  valid 
only  in  the  town  specified  therein  and  shall  be  a  license  to  teach 
in  the  public  schools  until  the  next  public  examination  or  for 
one  year  from  its  date.  A  second  special  third  grade  certificate 
shall  not  be  issued,  until  the  applicant  has  received  another  first 
or  second  grade  certificate  issued  on  examination. 

Unlimited  Certificates. 

Sec.  971.  Qualifications  of  applicant;  duration  of  license. 
A  certificate  which  shall  be  valid  until  revoked  by  the  officers 
granting  the  same  may  be  issued  by  the  concurrent  action  of  the 
superintendent  of  education  and  the  examiner  of  teachers  in  the 
county  where  the  teacher  last  taught,  to  a  person  who  has  taught 
in  the  public  schools  five  hundred  weeks,  or  to  a  person  who  is 
a  graduate  of  an  approved  college  and  who  has  devoted  at  least 
eight  years  to  teaching  in  or  superintending  public  schools  in 
this  state,  or  to  a  person  who  has  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
this  state  for  two  hundred  weeks  and  has  held  certificates  of  the 
first  grade  for  ten  years  or  certificates  of  the  first  and  second 
grade  for  twelve  years  or  certificates  of  the  second  or  third  grade, 
or  their  equivalents,  for  fourteen  years,  provided  that  in  no  case 
shall  special  certificates  be  included. 

Sec.  972.     To  normal  school  graduates.     A  graduate  of  a 


Chap.  44.]  PERMITS.  271 

normal  school  holding  a  ten  years'  certificate  or  two  five  years 'v.  s.  §  647. 

certificates,  who  has  taught  successfully  two  hundred  weeks  un-  \l8gt  N°;  ^  j  43 

der  the  same,  may,  after  the  expiration  thereof,  by  the  concurrent 

action  of  the  superintendent  of  education  and  the  examiner  of 

teachers   of  the   county  where   such   graduate  last,  taught,   be 

granted,  without  examination,   a  certificate,   which  shall  be   a 

license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  until  the  same  is  revoked. 

Primary  and  Kindergarten  Certificates. 

Sec.  973.     Qualifications  of  applicant ;  duration  of  license.  190*6,  No.  43,  §  2. 
An  examiner  may  issue,  without  examination,  a  certificate  to  aJlgg;  n°!  ii)  §  1. 
person  who  has  taught  successfully  in  primary  grades  for  three 
hundred  weeks,  or  to  a  graduate  of  a  recognized  kindergarten 
training  school,  which  shall  be  a  license  to  teach  in  primary 
grades  or  kindergarten  schools  for  five  years  from  its  date. 

Permits. 

Sec.  974.  Issue.  A  town  superintendent  may  hold  exam- 1906,  No.  48,  §  1. 
inations  for  permits  to  teach  in  particular  schools  for  a  term  1902)  no.'  2^  I  8." 
not  exceeding  fourteen  weeks,  and,  in  case  of  a  successful  exam-  y89|*  §°g6|0'  §  3< 
ination,  shall  forthwith  transmit  to  the  examiner  of  the  county  1894,  No.  23. 

t  n  n  i-  1890,   No.   5,   §   14. 

the  name,  age  and  residence  ot  such  successful  applicant,  to- 1884,  No.  58. 
gether  with  the  percentages  attained  in  such  examination  and 
the.  examination  papers.     Said  examiner  may,  in  his  discretion, 
issue  a  permit  on  such  examination  and  shall  keep  a  record 
thereof. 

Sec.  975.     Re-issue.     Said  examiner  may,  in  his  discretion,  1904,  No.  35,  §  2. 
re-issue  permits  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  a  town  for  a 
term  not  exceeding  fourteen  weeks,  on  written  application  by  the 
town  superintendent,  stating  the  reasons  for  such  re-issue. 

Sec.  976.     Date;  number  limited.     Such  permits  shall  date  1904,  No.  35,  §§  2, 
from  the  day  of  the  examination,  or,  in  case  of  re-issue,  from 
the  date  of  the  application  of  the  town  superintendent.     Not 
more  than  five  terms  of  school  in  a  school  year  shall  be  taught 
under  permits  in  a  town. 

Revocation   of   Certificates   and   Permits. 

Sec.  977.     Who  may  revoke.     The  officer  or  board  issuing  r.  1906,  §  894. 
a  certificate  or  permit  may,  when,  in  his  or  its  judgment,  aJs94',  §n063-  162,    § 
teacher  proves  incompetent  or  otherwise  unfit  to  teach  in  a  public  i8!1J'no.  9,  §§  61 
school,  revoke  the  same.     Written  notice  of  such  revocation  shall  R  6f  '    ^      ' 

be  given  to  the  teacher  and  to  one  of  the  board  of  school  directors  i87et  No.  50,' §  io! 

,         .  .  1865,  No.  27. 

or  trustees.  g.  s.  22,  §  16.         is58,  No.  1,  §  4. 


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TOWN   SYSTEM. 

CHAPTER  45. 


[Title  11. 


TOWN   SYSTEM. 

Sections  978-  984. — Establishment. 

Section  985,    986.— Elections. 

Sections  987-  996. — Directors. 

Sections  997-1002  — Clerk. 


V.   S.  §  G64. 

1892,  No.    20,    §§    1 

16. 

1884,  No.  27. 

R.  L.  §  589. 

1870,  No.    10,    §§    I 

4. 
59  Vt.  381. 

1896,  No.  24,  §  1. 


V.   S.   §   666. 
1892,  No.  21,  §  23. 
1888,  No.  9,  |  139. 


R.  1906.  §  898. 
1904,    No.    43,    §§    1 
2. 


V.   S.   §   667. 
1892,  No.  20,  §  2. 

67  Vt.  108. 

68  Vt.  88. 
72  Vt.  63. 


V.   S.   §  668. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  138. 
R.  L.  §§  558,  602. 
1876,  No.  48. 
G.    S.    22,    §    19. 
R.  S.  18,  §  1. 

r.  iaoe,  §  901. 

V.   S.   §   808. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  245. 
R.   L.   §   525. 
1870,  No.   16. 
G.  S.  22,  §  43. 
R.  S.  18,  §  13. 
1827.  No.  23,  §  10. 
R.  1797,  p.  495,  §  3. 


Establishment. 

Sec.  978.  Town  to  constitute  a  district.  A  town  shall  con- 
stitute a  district  for  school  purposes ;  and  the  division  of  a  town 
into  school  districts  shall  no  longer  exist,  except  for  the  settle- 
ment of  their  pecuniary  affairs,  but  their  records  shall  be  pre- 
served by  the  town.     68  vt.  88.  m  vt.  147.  74  vt.  115. 

Sec.  979.  Town  clerk  to  act  as  district  clerk,  when.  The 
town  clerk,  in  case  the  offices  of  clerk  and  prudential  committee 
are  vacant  in  a  district  whose  financial  affairs  are  not  settled, 
may  warn  a  meeting  of  such  district  as  a  resident  district  clerk. 
Said  clerk  or  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  shall  attend  such 
meeting  and  preside  over  the  same  until  a  moderator  is  elected. 

Sec.  980.  Voters,  when  disqualified.  The  voters  in  a  dis- 
trict incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  general  assembly  shall 
not  vote  in  town  meetings  for  the  officers  of,  nor  upon  any  mat- 
ters pertaining  to,  the  schools  of  the  town.  ' 

Sec.  981.  School  meetings.  A  town  in  which  there  4s  a 
district  incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  general  assembly 
may,  if  it  so  votes  at  an  annual  town  meeting,  hold  an  annual 
meeting  for  school  purposes  at  any  time  in  the  month  of  March. 
A  notice  for  the  proposed  change  shall  be  inserted  in  the  warn- 
ing of  such  annual  town  meeting  upon  the  written  request  of 
ten  legal  voters  of  the  town  school  district. 

Sec.  982.  School  property.  A  town  shall  take  charge  of 
its  school  houses  and  property  belonging  thereto,  and  all  debts 
outstanding  that  have  accrued  for  the  purchase  of  land,  erection 
of  school  houses  and  repairs  thereon  shall  be  audited  and  paid 
by  the  town. 

Sec.  983.  School  houses.  A  town  shall  provide  and  main- 
tain suitable  school  houses,  and  the  location  and  construction  of 
the  same  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  board  of  school 
directors.  1827,  No.  23,  §  1.    r.  1797,  p.  493,  §  1.     32  vt.  224. 

Sec.  984.  Taxes.  A  town  may  raise  a  tax  on  its  grand  list 
to  purchase  or  hire  lands  or  buildings  for  school  purposes,  and 
to  build,  repair  or  furnish  school  houses  that  may  be  needed 

for  SUCh  town.  1795,    p.    9.  R.   1787,   p.    137.        61  Vt.  96. 

Elections. 


1906,  No.  43,  §  5.         Sec.  985.     Ballots,  when  used.     In   town  districts  having 
1892,  No7°2i  §  22.    mGre  tnan  f°nr  thousand  inhabitants,  the  school  directors  shall 

be  voted  for  upon  a  separate  ballot  deposited  in  a  separate 

ballot  box. 


Chap.  45.]  DIRECTORS.  273 

Sec.  986.     Women    may    vote    and    hold   office.     Women,  1906,  No.  93,  §  1. 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  shall  have  the  same  right  as  men  to  vote    e. ' 
on  matters  pertaining  to.  schools  and  school  officers,   and  the i$$%\  x0 .' 21',  T22'. 
same  right  to  hold  elective  and  appointive  offices  relating  to*888,  ^«*^J  fj-g 

School  affairs.      1880,  No.   104.  55  Vt.  61.  63    Vt.    3S3.  1880>  No.  103. 

Directors. 

Sec.  987.     Election;  term  of  office.     A  town  shall  have  a  v.  s.  §  669. 
board  of  school  directors  consisting  of  three  citizens  of  the  town,  1892',  No!  20)  §  4.' 
one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  townR88£;  ^594.'®  126' 
and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for  three  years  and  until  a  sue-187;0,  No-  10-  §§  2> 
cessor  is  elected.  59  vt.  658.  59  vt.  202. 

Sec.  988.     Vacancies.     The  selectmen  may  temporarily  fill  v.  s.  §  671. 
a  vacancy  in  the  board  of  school  directors  until  an  election  is  r89l.'  §§°594,'  596! 
had,  and  a  record  thereof  shall  be  made  in  the  town  clerk's  183°'6No"  10*  ^  2' 
office. 

Sec.  989.     Oath;  chairman.     School  directors  shall  be  sworn  v.  s.  §  672. 
and,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April,  annually,  elect  one  of  His;  no!  9,  I  127. 
their  number  chairman.       1876,  No.  46.      1870,  No.  10,  §§  5,  7.  R-  L-  §§  595,  597. 

Sec.  990.     Duties.     The  board  of  school  directors  shall  have  1902,  no.  26,  §  1. 
the  care  of  the  school  property  of  the  town  and  the  management  v89|;  §* ot|?'  §  4' 
of  its  schools,  keep  the  school  houses  suitably  repaired  and  in-  \ §§|;  g£  |J«  |  \- 
sured,  determine  the  number  and  location  of  schools,  employ  ^88£-  ^°- |>  '§  129- 
teachers  and  fix  their  compensation,  examine  and  allow  claims  1876,'  No.  46. 
arising  therefrom  and  draw  orders  on  the  town  treasurer  in  pay-ss'vt.^.     ' 
ment  thereof,  have  authority  to  designate  the  schools  which  shall  56  vt  556! 
be  attended  by  the  various  pupils,  and  make  regulations  not  in-67  vt'  150- 
consistent  with  law  as  to  carrying  the  powers  granted  them  into 
effect. 

Sec.  991.     Liability.     If  a  board  of  school  directors  author- r.  1906,  «  908. 
izes  a  payment  not  authorized  by  law,  each  member  thereof  ijjsi',  h™!',  §  87. 
shall  be  liable  to  the  town  for  the  money  so  paid,  to  be  recov-  g;  § ;  22^%  zq 
ered  in  an  action  on  this  statute.  55  vt.  61.  1859>  N°-  39- 

Sec.  992.      Appropriations.      Said     board    shall     annually  1906,  No.  35,  §  1. 
recommend  in  writing  to  the  town  meeting,  the  amount  of  money  1892',  n06'2d,  §  14. 
necessary  to  be  appropriated  for  the  use  of  schools. 

Sec.  993.     School  houses  and  sites.     Said  board  shall  have  v.  s.  §  675. 
power  to  purchase  sites,  erect  school  houses  or  sell  buildings  or  r89£;  §*  603 1'  §  19' 
sites,  when  authorized  by  a  vote  of  the  town  so  to  do.  1870'  No-  10>  §  8- 

Sec.  994.     Report.     Said  board  shall,  at  each  annual  town  v.  s.  §  676. 
meeting,  present  a  full  report  of  its  doings,  together  with  an  ex- 1|||;  xo.'  9°'§§13°l 
hibit  of  orders  drawn  for  school  purposes.  1870,  No.  10,  §  3.     R-  L-  §  599- 

Sec.  995.     Statement    of    expenditures.     Said   board    shall  1898,  No.  20,  §  8: 
annually,    on   or  before   the   second    Tuesday  of  April,  return  iW,  no8°5.'  §  2. 
to  the  town  clerk  an  itemized  statement  under  oath  of  the  actual1888'  No"  9'  §  23T' 
cash  expenditures  of  the  town  for  the  preceding  school  year  for 
school  purposes ;  and  no  town  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  any  por- 
tion of  its  school  moneys,  unless  such  return  is  made. 

Sec.  996.     Compensation.     The  compensation  of  school  di-v  s.  1*78. 
rectors  shall  be  such  sum  as  the  town  votes  at  an  annual  town  isss!  No.'  9,'s  imi 
meeting,  for  the  time  actually  spent  in  the  performance  of  their fg.?^  xa^b. 

18 


274  MAINTENANCE    OF   SCHOOLS.  [Title  11. 

1870,  No.  io,  §§  5,  duties ;  and  their  account  shall  be  audited  and  allowed  as  those 
of  other  town  officers. 

Clerk. 

1898,  No.  20,  §  5.  Sec.  997.  Appointment;  compensation.  The  board  of 
1890*.  No.  5,'  §  2.  school  directors  shall  appoint  a  clerk,  who  shall  serve  until  his 
18i28.N°"  9'  §§  12?'  successor  is   appointed   and  shall  be  paid  upon  the   order  of 

said  board.        r.  l.  §  596.  mo,  No.  10,  §  6. 

r.  1906,  j  915.  Sec.  998.     Directors  to  act  as,  when.     In  case  of  the  ab-' 

1888*,  No.  9,'  §  85.  sence,  disability  or  neglect  of  the  clerk,  his  duties  shall  be  per- 
o!  8.  22,  §  36.  formed  by  the  board  of  school  directors.  1846,  No.  6. 

1898,  No.  20,  §  5.  Sec.  999.  Records  and  returns.  Said  clerk  shall  keep  a 
1888*,  No.  9,'  §  128.  permanent  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  and  shall, 
1876,'  No.553.'  596'  within  two  weeks  after  the  beginning  of  a  term  of  school,  send 
1870*  No'  io'  §  6  ^°  ^e  exammer  °f  teachers  for  the  county  the  names  of  the 
mi'  n2'  §37?'s  i      teachers  employed  and  the  grade  and  date  of  their  certificates. 

1827,  No.  23,   §   7. 


R.  S.  18.  §  10. 


1898,  No.  20,  §  6.         Sec.  1000.     List  of  children  of  school  age.     Said  clerk  shall 

1892^  No.  21,  §§  5,  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February,  prepare  an 

1892,  No.  20,  §  13.    accurate  list  containing  the   name   and   age   of   each   child  of 

1888,  No.  9,  §  170.   ^hcx)!  age  residing  in  the  town,  and  the  name  of  the  parent  or 

other  person  having  control  of  such  child,  and  shall  keep  such 

list  on  file  and  make  such  report  therefrom  as  the  superintendent 

of  education  may  require.     He  shall  be  paid  by  the  town  for 

taking  such  census,  four  cents  for  each  person  of  school  age. 

r.  1906,  §  918.  Sec.  1001.     False  information;  penalty.     If  a  person  hav- 

1892J  No.  21,  §  6.     ing  control  of  a  child  between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen  years 

'    refuses  to  give  the  clerk  information  as  to  the  age  of  such  child, 

or  falsely  states  the  same,  he  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty 

dollars  nor  less  than  five  dollars. 

1896,  No.  19,  §  7.         Sec.  1002.    Registers.     Said  clerk  shall  annually,  on  or  be- 

1892'  No.  21,  §§  io,  fore  the  first  Tuesday  of  April,  procure  from  the  town  clerk  a 

r.  l!  §§  619,  622.     register  for  each  school  in  his  town  district  and  shall  be  respon- 

1876,  No."  52,7i  i. l"  SH^e  f°r  the  safe  keeping  thereof. 

1874,'  No!  33]  §  4! 

1872,  No.  18,  §  2.    1864,  No.  58.      G.  S.  22,  §§  22,  109,  110.  1858,  No.  1,  §§  7,  8. 

CHAPTER  46. 
INSTRUCTION  FOR  ELEMENTARY  PUPILS. 

Sections  1003-1005. — Maintenance  of  schools. 

Sections  1006-1008. — Location  of  schools,  and  conveyance  and 

board  of  pupils. 
Section  1009. — Kindergartens. 

Section  1010. — Evening  schools. 

Sections  1011, 1012. — Non-resident  pupils. 
Sections  1013-1015. — Elementary  schools. 

Maintenance  of  Schools. 

v.  s.  §§  683,  822.  Sec.  1003.  Number  of  weeks  required;  studies.  A  town 
1892,'  Na"  20,'  §  6.  shall  maintain  for  at  least  twenty-eight  weeks  in  a  year  a  suf- 
189?,'  98?  999.  §§  "'  ficient  number  of  schools  for  the  instruction  of  children  who 


Chap.  46.]  KINDERGARTENS.  275 

may  legally  attend  the  public  schools  therein,  and  such  schools  1886,  No.  32. 
shall  be  kept  by  teachers  of  competent  ability  and  of  good  morals.  1882',  Nos.  26,  21. 
Pupils  shall  be  instructed  in  good  behavior,  reading,  writing,  f88o"(  f|0.5||'  g6?; 
spelling,   English   grammar,   geography,   arithmetic,   free  hand£j87f'  ^°-  |8^9 
drawing,  the  history  and  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  andR-  |.  is!  §  1. 
in  elementary  physiology  and  hygiene,  with  special  reference  to  R.  1797  p."  493,  §' 1. 
the  effect  of  alcoholic  drinks  and  narcotics  on  the  human  system,  56  vt.  551! 
and  shall  receive  special  instruction  in  the  geography,  history, 
constitution  and  principles  of  the  government  of  Vermont. 

Sec.  1004.     Special  instruction.     The  board  of  school  direc-1906,  No.  49,  §  1. 
tors  may  provide  for  daily  instruction  in  vocal  music,  physical  isss',  No.  9,'  §  96. 
culture,  drawing  and  the  industrial  arts  and  sciences,  by  a  reg-59  vt'  6o8' 
ular  teacher  or  teachers;  and  a  town  may  instruct  its  directors 
to  provide  for  such  instruction  by  a  teacher  or  teachers  employed 
for  such  purpose. 

Sec.  1005.     Commemorative  exercises.     The  last  half  day 's  v.  s.  §  684. 
session  of  the  public  schools  before  Memorial  Day  shall  be  de- 1894,  No'  25' 
voted  to  exercises  commemorative  of  the  history  of  the  nation 
during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  to  patriotic  instruction  in 
the  principles  of  liberty  and  the  equal  rights  of  man. 

Location  of  Schools,  and  Conveyance  and  Board  of  Pupils. . 

Sec.  1006.  School  directors'  duties.  Schools  shall  be  lo- 1904,  No.  36,  §  1. 
cated  in  such  places  and  held  at  such  times  as,  in  the  judgment  ilgg',  no!  23'  I  1! 
of  the  board  of  school  directors,  will  best  subserve  the  interests  v89|-  |j068|5  <  6 
of  education  and  give  the  pupils  of  the  town  equal  advantages  1888>  N°-9> '§§  105' 

_  loO)     loo. 

so  far  as  practicable.     Said  board  may,  in  its  discretion,  provide  1882,  No;  25._ 
conveyance  for  pupils  to  and  from  school  at  the  expense  of  the  66  vt.  665. 
town  from  such  points  as  it  designates,  or  may  pay  a  reasonable 
sum  for  the  board  of  such  pupils  while  in  attendance  upon 
school. 

Sec.  1007.     Appeal   from   action   of   directors.     An   inter- r.  1906,  §  923. 
ested  person  may  appeal  from  the  action  of  the  board  of  school  ifoo)  no.  21,'  f  1! 
directors  to  the  examiner  of  teachers  of  the  county  in  which1898,  No-  23,  §  *• 
said  directors  reside,  as  to  the  conveyance  of  pupils,  the  desig- 
nation of  a  particular  school  for  a  pupil  to  attend,  or  insuf- 
ficient school  accommodations.     Such  appeal  shall  be  taken  by  a 
petition  signed  by  five  taxpayers  of  the  town. 

Sec.  1008.  Hearing  on  appeal.  On  notice  of  such  appeal,  1904,  No.  36,  §  1. 
the  examiner  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place  of  hearing  thereon  ls98!  No.'  23,'  I  1. 
in  the  town  where  such  appeal  originated.  Such  appeal  shall 
be  heard  by  said  examiner  and  two  other  persons,  one  of  whom 
shall  be  selected  by  the  appellant  and  the  other  by  the  board  of 
school  directors ;  or,  if  either  party  fails  to  select  a  referee,  said 
examiner  shall  act  alone.  A  decision  shall  be  rendered  in  writing 
to  the  board  of  school  directors,  and  said  board  shall  act  as 
directed  therein. 

Kindergartens. 

Sec.  1009.  Establishment.  The  board  of  school  directors  1900,  No.  26,  §  1. 
may  establish  and  maintain  kindergartens  into  which  children  y?9!.'  f°7094'  §  L 


276 


ELEMENTARY   SCHOOLS. 


[Title  11. 


1892,  No.  21,  §  1. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  151. 
1886,  No.  32. 


R.  1900,  §  927. 
1898,  No.  28,  §  1. 
V.  S.  §  834. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  1C3. 
R.  L.  §  678. 
1874,  No.  37,  §  2. 


under  five  years  of  age  may  be  received.  Such  kindergartens  as 
conform  to  the  laws  governing  public  schools  shall  be  considered 
public  schools. 

Evening  Schools. 

Sec.  1010.  Establishment ;  studies.  A  town  may  establish 
and  maintain  evening  schools  which  shall  be  conducted  as  day 
schools  except  as  herein  provided.  A  session  of  an  evening 
school  may  be  treated  as  a  half  day's  session  of  a  public  school. 
A  person  desirous  of  learning  to  speak  and  read  the  English  lan- 
guage, or  of  pursuing  the  studies  required  to  be  taught  in  public 
schools,  or  of  studying  commercial  subjects,  may  be  admitted  as 
a  pupil  into  an  evening  school  upon  such  terms  as  the  board  of 
school  directors  prescribes. 

Non-Resident  Pupils. 

189?'  no61o  I30'  Sec.  1011.  Instruction.  The  board  of  school  directors  may 
1888^  No!  9,  '§§  106,  receive  into  the  schools  under  its  charge  non-resident  pupils, 
under  such  terms  and  restrictions  as  it  deems  best;  and  money 
received  for  the  instruction  of  such  pupils  shall  be  paid  into  the 
school  fund  of  the  town.  72  vt.  126. 

Sec.  1012.  Same.  A  child  residing  in  the  vicinity  of  a 
school  in  an  adjoining  town,  who  can  be  better  accommodated 
in  such  school,  may  demand  the  privileges  of  the  same.  The 
tuition  charged  shall  be  paid  from  the  school  money  of  the  town 
in  which  said  pupil  is  a  resident;  and  the  tuition  paid  shall  not 
be  greater  than  the  cost  per  pupil  per  week  for  the  maintenance 
of  such  school,  provided  that  the  same  does  not  exceed  one  dollar 
per  week. 

Elementary  Schools. 


R.  L.  §  598. 
1870,  No.  10,  §  9. 
64  Vt.  511. 
64  Vt.  527. 

1898,  No.  25,  §  1. 


1906,  No.  53,  §  1. 


1906,  No.  53,  §  2. 


Sec.  1013.  Definition.  A  school  performing  the  work  pre- 
scribed in  a  nine  years'  course  of  study,  or  part  thereof,  pre- 
pared by  the  superintendent  of  education  for  ungraded  schools, 
shall  be  considered  an  elementary  school. 

Sec.  1014.  Transportation  and  .board  of  pupils.  Twenty 
thousand  dollars  is  hereby  annually  set  aside  in  the  state  treasury 
for  the  purpose  of  aiding  towns  which  have  furnished,  during  the 
preceding  school  year,  transportation  and  board  for  their  resi- 
dent pupils  in  attendance  upon  the  elementary  schools.  A  board 
of  division  which  shall  consist  of  the  governor,  state  treasurer 
and  superintendent  of  education  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  July,  apportion  such  amount  among  the  several  towns 
which  have  furnished  such  transportation  and  board  and  which 
have  raised  by  taxation  and  expended  fifty  per  cent  or  more  on 
their  respective  grand  lists  for  school  purposes,  excluding  interest 
on  the  United  States  deposit  fund,  the  state  school  tax  and  money 
for  new  school  houses,  in  the  following  ratio :  to  towns  having 
raised  and  expended  fifty  per  cent  or  more,  one  share  per  dollar 
expended  for  transportation  and  board;  to  towns  having  raised 
and  expended  sixty  per  cent  or  more,  one  and  one-half  shares; 
and  to  towns  having  raised  and  expended  seventy  per  cent  or 


Chap.  47.]  HIGH    SCHOOLS    AND    ACADEMIES.  277 

more,  two  shares.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  apportionment, 
said  board  shall  forthwith  transmit  the  same  to  the  state  treas- 
urer, who  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July, 
pay  the  several  towns  according  to  the  portion  assigned  by 
said  board. 

Sec.  1015.  Returns  by  board  of  school  directors.  Thei906,  No.  53,  §  3. 
board  of  school  directors  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  second 
Tuesday  of  April,  furnish  the  town  clerk,  on  a  blank  to  be  fur- 
nished said  board  by  the  superintendent  of  education,  a  sworn 
statement  of  the  actual  expenditure  by  said  board  for  transpor- 
tation and  board  of  resident  pupils  in  attendance  upon  the  ele- 
mentary schools ;  and  the  town  clerk  shall  annually,  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  June,  upon  a  blank  to  be  furnished  him  by  said 
superintendent,  certify  to  said  superintendent  the  sum  expended 
.by  said  board  for  transportation  and  board  of  resident  pupils, 
and  the  per  cent  actually  raised  and  expended  for  school  pur- 
poses, excluding  interest  on  the  United  States  deposit  fund,  the 
state  school  tax  and  money  expended  for  newT  school  buildings. 
No  town  shall  be  entitled  to  any  portion  of  the  sum  hereinbe- 
fore set  aside  unless  such  certificate  is  made  as  herein  required. 

CHAPTER  47. 

INSTRUCTION    FOR   ADVANCED   PUPILS. 

Section  1016. — High  schools  and  academies. 

Section  1017. — Maintenance  of  high  schools. 

Sections  1018-1020. — Qualifications   of  pupils. 

Sectiox  1021. — Standard  of  high  schools  and  academies. 

Section  1022. — Duties  of  town  clerk. 

Section  1023. — Appropriation. 

High  Schools  and  Academies. 

Sec.  1016.  Definitions.  For  the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  r.  1906,  §  932. 
a  high  school  shall  be  a  school  of  any  one  of  the  following  ilot;  no!  27,'  f  t'. 
classes :  first  class,  a  school  of  a  four  years  course  or  courses ; 
second  class,  a  school  of  a  three  years  course  or  courses ;  third 
class,  a  school  of  a  two  years  course  or  courses;  fourth  class,  a 
school  of  a  one  year  course  or  courses.  The  course  or  courses  of 
instruction  in  each  school  in  any  one  of  the  four  classes  shall 
begin  immediately  at  the  completion  of  an  elementary  course 
of  nine  years.  Each  school  shall  be  considered  a  single  school, 
in  and  for  which  a  single  register  shall  be  kept  and  returned 
according  to  law,  and  each  shall  be  maintained  at  least  thirty- 
three  weeks  in  the  school  year  and  shall  be  taught  by  a  teacher 
or  teachers  of  competent  ability,  of  good  morals  and  legal  cer- 
tification; and,  in  each,  instruction  shall  be  given  in  English 
language  and  literature,  higher  mathematics,  history,  natural 
science  and,  in  schools  of  the  first  and  second  class,  ancient  and 
modern  languages;  and  instruction  may  be  given  in  political, 
social,  moral  and  industrial  sciences,  commercial  subjects,  ancient 
and  modern  languages,  music  and  physical  culture,  and  in  the 
fine  and  mechanical  art's.     The  course  or  courses  and  subjects 


278  STANDARD— HIGH  SCHOOLS,  ACADEMIES.     [Title  11. 

of  study  for  each  school  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  education,  and  each  school  shall  conform  thereto. 
An  educational  institution  legally  incorporated  and  providing 
instruction  equivalent  to  that  of  a  high  school  of  any  class 
shall  be  an  academy. 

Maintenance  of  High  Schools. 

r.  1906,  §  934.  Sec.  1017.     Towns  to  maintain,  etc.     A  town  shall  main- 

2. '  '  tain  a  high  school  or  furnish  higher  instruction  for  its  advanced 

192f'3.N°'  27,  §§  pupils  as  follows:  the  board  of  school  directors  shall,  at  an  ex- 

1900,  No.^22,  §  l.  pense  not  to  exceed  eight  dollars  a  term  or  twenty-four  dollars 

}?&t'  Sa  15>  !  1-  a  year  for  each  pupil,  unless  the  board  of  school  directors  is 

1892,  No.  20,  §  7. 

r.  l.  §§  568,  572,  authorized  by  vote  of  the  town  to  pay  a  higher  tuition,  provide 

1880,  No.  97,  §  i.     and  arrange  for  the  instruction  of  advanced  pupils  in  a  high 

1869.  No."  9,2'§  i.       school  of  an  incorporated  district  or  an  academy  within  the 

78  vt.  383.  town,  or  in  the  high  schools  or  academies. of  other  towns  within 

or  without  the  state.     If  a  town  does  not  maintain  a  high  school 

of  the  first  class,  the  board  of  school  directors  shall  provide  and 

arrange  for  the  instruction  of  the  advanced  pupils  of  the  town, 

for  the  remaining  years  necessary  to   complete  the  course  or 

courses  of  study  in  a  high  school  of  the  first  class,  in  a  high 

school  of  an  incorporated  district  or  academy  within  the  town, 

or  in  the  high  schools  or  academies  of  other  towns  within  or 

without  the  state. 

Qualifications  of  Pupils. 

1906,  No.  si,  §  l.  Sec.  1018.  Examination.  Whenever  a  pupil  demands  the 
payment  of  his  tuition  in  a  high  school  or  academy  of  another 
town  as  provided  by  this  chapter,  the  superintendent  of  the 
town  in  which  said  pupil  resides  shall  hold  an  examination  as 
provided  in  the  following  section,  for  determining  his  quali- 
fications for  entrance  into  such  school. 

1906,  No.  51,  §  2.  Sec.  1019.  Examination  papers.  Said  superintendent  shall 
procure  papers  for  such  examination  from  the  superintendent  of 
education,  conduct  the  examination  and  forward  the  results 
thereof  to  the  examiner  of  teacher  of  the  county  wherein  said 
pupil  resides,  and,  by  and  with  his  advice,  determine  the  qualifi- 
cations of  said  pupil. 

1906,  No.  si,  §  3.  Sec.  1020.  Liability  of  town  for  tuition.  A  town  shall  not 
be  required  to  pay  the  tuition  of  any  pupil  under  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter,  until  said  pupil  is  found  qualified  to  enter  such 
school,  by  the  town  superintendent  and  the  examiner  of  teachers 
as  provided  in  the  preceding  section.  The  provisions  of  this 
and  the  two  preceding  sections  shall  not  apply  to  pupils  in  such 
schools  prior  to  April  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven. 

Standard  of  High  Schools  and  Academies. 

1906,  No.  51,  §§  l,      Sec.   1021.     Superintendent    to    determine;    appeal.     The 

1906,  No.  50,  §  2.     superintendent  of  education  shall,   on  request,   determine  and 

19ot;  No.  3277,§§§'  6,  establish  the  standard  of  any  high  school  or  academy.     An  inter- 

T. '  '  ested  person  may  appeal  to  said  superintendent,  whose  decision 


Chap.  48.]  SCHOOL    YEAR— TIME    ALLOWED.  279 

shall  be  final,  from  the  action  of  the  board  of  school  directors  in 
regard  to  the  high  school  or  academy  designated  for  attendance 
or  the  tuition  to  be  paid  for  advanced  instruction.  No  person 
shall  be  deprived  of  such  instruction  by  reason  of  age. 

Duties  of  Town  Clerk. 

Sec.  1022.     Statistics.     The  town  clerk,  in  case  pupils  are  1906,  No.  so,  §  i. 
provided  with  higher  instruction  under  this  chapter,  shall  annu- 1902;  No.  27,  §§'2, 
ally,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  furnish  the  superin-     3-  4- 
tendent  of  education,  on  a  blank  to  be  supplied  by  him,  a  cer- 
tified statement  of  the  name,  age  and  attendance  of  each  pupil, 
the  school  attended,  the  amount  of  tuition  paid  for  each  pupil 
for  the  school  year  ending  March  thirty-first  preceding,  and  the 
aggregate  amount  so  expended,  not  exceeding  twenty-four  dollars 
per  pupil  per  school  year.     Said  superintendent  shall  forthwith 
transmit  such  statement  to  the  state  treasurer. 

Appropriation. 

Sec.  1023.  Disbursement.  The  state  treasurer  shall  an- 1906,  No.  50,  §  1. 
nually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  pay  to  the  several  1902,'  No.'  21,  §  4. 
towns  which  have  paid  tuition  for  higher  instruction  according 
to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  sums  as  follows,  according  to 
and  based  on  tuitions  not  exceeding  twenty-four  dollars  per 
pupil  per  school  year  :*  to  towns  having  raised  and  expended  for 
current  school  expenses  during  the  preceding  school  year,  exclud- 
ing interest  on  the  United  States  deposit  fund,  the  state  school 
tax,  and  expenditures  for  new  buildings,  forty  per  cent  or  more 
of  their  grand  lists,  a  sum  equal  to  one-fourth  of  the  amount 
expended  for  tuitions ;  to  towns  having  raised  and  expended  fifty 
per  cent  or  more  of  their  grand  lists,  a  sum  equal  to  one-half  the 
amount  so  expended ;  to  towns  having  raised  and  expended  sixty 
per  cent  or  more,  a  sum  equal  to  three-fourths  of  the  amount  so 
expended ;  and  to  towns  having  raised  and  expended  seventy  per 
cent  or  more,  a  sum  equal  to  the  amount  so  expended. 

CHAPTER  48. 
SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  TIME  ALLOWED  TEACHERS. 

Sec.  1024.     School  year.     The  school  year  shall  commence  v.  s.  §  703. 
the  first  day  of  April  and  end  the  last  day  of  March  following,  iff!;  xo.  9*'§f  163, 
In  the  absence  of  express  contract,  a  session  of  three  hours  in  the  R  ^'g  677 
forenoon  and  three  in  the  afternoon  shall  constitute  a  school  J,872-  No.  16. 
day;  five  days,  a  school  week;  and  four  weeks,  a  school  month.  1847,  No.  24,  §  1. 

Sec.  1025.     Time  allowed  teachers.     The  time  not  exceed- r.  190c  §  93s. 
ing  four  days  actually  spent  by  a  teacher  in  attendance  upon  av?°s!  f°io7?'  § 
meeting  of  the  state  teachers'  association,  or  upon  a  teachers'  in-  iHI'  no  IS^ib 
stitute,  and  the  time  actually  spent  by  a  teacher  in  attendance  1882>  No-  22»  §  *■ 
upon  an  educational  meeting  held  by  the  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation or  town  superintendent  in  the  town  where  such  person 
teaches,  during  the  time  such  teacher  is  engaged,  shall,  in  deter- 


280 


ATTENDANCE. 


[Title- 11, 


V.    S.  §   708. 

1892,  No.  21,  §  4. 

1888,  No.  9.  §  1G7. 

1886,  No.   28. 


mining  the  compensation  of  the  teacher  and  the  number  of  weeks 
of  school,  be  accounted  the  same  as  if  spent  in  teaching. 

Sec.  1026.  Holidays.  A  teacher  in  a  public  school  shall 
not  be  required  to  teach  on  a  legal  holiday ;  and,  in  determining 
the  number  of  weeks  taught  by  said  teacher,  no  deduction  shall 
be  made  from  his  time  or  compensation  because  of  his  absence 
on  such  days. 

CHAPTER  49. 

SCHOOL  AGE  AND   ATTENDANCE. 

Section  1027. — Legal  pupils. 

Section  1028. — Truant  officers. 

Sections  1029-1032.— Attendance. 

Sections  1033-1039. — Duties  of  truant  officers. 

Section  1040. — Complaints. 

Sections  1041-1043.— Penalties. 


1900,  No.  26,  §  l. 

1898,  No.  24,  §  1. 

V.  S.  §  709. 

1892,  No.  22,  §  1. 

1892,  No.-  21,  §  1. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  150. 

R.  L.  §  675. 

1870,  No.  11,  §  3. 


1904,  No.  38,  §  1. 

V.  S.  §  710. 

1892,  No.  22,  §  2. 

R.  L.  §  670. 

1870,  No.  13,  §  1. 


Legal  Pupils. 

Sec.  1027.  Definition.  The  words  "legal  pupils"  shall  in- 
clude persons  between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen  years,  but  no 
person  shall  be  deprived  of  public  school  advantages  on  account 
of  age.  No  child  under  five  years  of  age  shall  be  received  into 
a  public  school,  except  a  kindergarten ;  and  a  child  attaining  the 
age  of  five  years  after  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term  of  a  school 
year  shall  not  be  received  into  a  public  school,  except  a  kinder- 
garten, until  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term  of  the  following 
year,  unless  said  child  has  the  written  permission  of  the  town 
superintendent. 

Truant  Officers. 

Sec.  1028.  Appointment.  The  board  of  school  directors 
shall  annually  appoint  one  or  more  truant  officers  and  report 
such  appointments  to  the  town  clerk  for  record  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  April.  On  failure  to  appoint  said  truant  officers, 
the  sheriff,  deputy  sheriffs,  constables  and  police  officers  shall 
act  as  truant  officers. 

Attendance. 

1904,  No.  39,  §  i.  Sec.  1029.  Requirements.  A  person  having  the  control 
v9!:  ?°7ii?'  §  8'  of  a  child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  fifteen  years  shall, 
lilt  No.  II  |  I:  unless  such  child  is  mentally  or  physically  unable  to  so  attend,  or 
J888-'  JTo66§~'§  15^-  has  already  acquired  the  branches  required  to  be  taught  in  public 
i867i  No.  35,  §§  i,  schools,  or  is  otherwise  being  furnished  with  the  same  education, 
693vt.  ss.  cause  such  child  to  attend  a  public  school  continuously  at  least 

twenty-eight  weeks  in  a  year,  and,  if  the  school  in  which  such 
child  is  a  pupil  is  held  for  more  than  twenty-eight  weeks,  shall 
cause  such  child  to  continue  in  school,  unless  excused  in  writing 
by  the  board  of  school  directors. 
r.  1906,  §  943.  Sec.  1030.     Same.     If  a  person  having  the  control  of  a  child 

1904,  No.  39,  §  i.     un(jer  eight  or  over  fifteen  years  allows  such  child  to  be  en- 
rolled as  a  pupil  in  a  public  school  or  in  a  school  in  which  his 


Chap.  49.]  DUTIES    OF   TRUANT    OFFICER.  #  281 

tuition  is  paid  at  the  public  expense,  he  shall  cause  such  child  to 
attend  such  school  continuously  during  the  term  for  which  he  is 
enrolled,  unless  he  is  mentally  or  physically  unable  to  continue 
or  is  excused  in  writing  by  the  board  of  school  directors. 

Sec.  1031.     Clerk  to  furnish  list  of  pupils.     The  clerk  of  raoe,  No.  52,  §  4. 
the  board  of  school  directors  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  v.  s.'  §  °7i6. ' 
each  term,  provide  the  teacher  of  each  school  with  a  list  con-jjgt;  ^o.'  22!  I  s. 
taining  the  names  and  ages  of  all  children  required  to  attend 
such  school  during  the  ensuing  term. 

Sec.  1032.     Non-attendance,  truant  officer  to  be  notified.  1906,  No.  52,  §  4. 
In  case  a  child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  fifteen  years  fails  v.  s!  §  °7i6.  \ 
to  enter  such  school  at  the  beginning  thereof,  or,  being  enrolled,  Hot,  no.  22,  I  I'. 
fails  to  attend  the  same,  or  in  case  a  child  over  fifteen  years 
becomes  enrolled  in  a   public  school  and  fails  to   attend,  the 
teacher  shall  forthwith  notify  the  truant  officer. 

Duties  of  Truant  Officer. 

Sec.  1033.     Non-attendance  of  pupils.     Said  truant  officer  1906,  No.  52,  §  4. 
shall,  upon  such  notice  or  upon  request  in  writing  by  a  citi-  v9°s.'  r  fi«-   §  2 
zen  of  the  town,  forthwith  inquire  into  the  cause  of  such  child's  ifgf;  n£  If,'  f  I 
non-attendance;  and,  if  he  finds  that  such  child  is  required  to 
attend  school,  he  shall  take  him  to  school,  place  him  in  charge 
of  the  teacher  thereof  and  notify  the  person  having  him  under 
his  control  of  the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  school  attendance ; 
and  a  truant  officer  may  stop  a  child  between  the  ages  of  eight 
and  fifteen  years,  wherever  found,  and  take  him  to  the  school, 
public  or  private,  which  he  should  attend. 

Sec.  1034.     Complaints  to  be  made,  when.     If  a  truant  of- 1906,  No.  52,  §  4. 
ficer,  or  an  officer  authorized  to  make  arrests  under  this  chapter,  v.  s!  §  °fi6. '  S    ' 
has  reason  to  believe  that  a  person  having  control  of  a  child  has  Jig!'  £-£'  of'  I  I' 
violated  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  forthwith  enter 
a  complaint  to  the  town  grand  juror  of  the  town  in  which  said 
person  resides,  or  to  the  state's  attorney  of  the  county,  who  shall 
prosecute  said  person. 

Sec.  1035.     Overseer  of  the  poor  to  be  notified.     If  a  per- r.  1906,  §  948. 
son  having  the  control  of  a  child  of  school  age  notifies  the  tru-  v.  s!  §  °in. ' 
ant  officer  that  he  is  unable  to  provide  such  child  with  suitable  i|g|'  ^o  If,'  §  9. 
clothing  for  school  attendance,  or  if,  upon  inquiry  into  such 
child's  non-attendance,  said  truant  officer  is  satisfied  that  he  is 
not  properly  clothed  and  that  said  person  is  unable  to  provide 
suitable  clothing  for  him,  he  shall  notify  the  overseer  of  the 
poor,  who  shall  at  once  provide  necessary  clothing  for  such  child. 

Sec.  1036.     Arrests;  notice.     A  truant  officer,  school  direc-  i90G,  No.  52,  §  5. 
tor,  or  an  officer  authorized  to  make  arrests  in  the  town,  may,  v.  s.'  §°7i8. ' 
and  upon  the  written  application  of  three  voters  in  the  town  ifj^;  *£;  f 97*  4" 
shall,  arrest  a  child  who,  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  J|||'  ?*°-  ip'Alg- 
is  required  to  attend  school  and  who  is  an  habitual  truant,  and  i88*5-  ^.j*5- 
shall  take  him  to  the  school  in  such  town,  place  him  in  charge  liro,'  No.  13,  §  1. 
of  the  teacher  thereof  and  give  notice  in  writing  to  the  person 
having  such  child  under  his  control,   requiring  him  to  cause 
such  child  to  attend  school  regularly. 


282  •  EMPLOYMENT   OF   CHILD    LABOR.  [Title  11. 

v.  s.  §  719.  .  Sec.  1037.     Complaints   for   non-attendance    after   notice. 

1888!  No.  9^'i  ieo!    Upon  such  notice,  if  the  person  having  the  control  of  such  child 
1870,'  No67i3,  §  2.     fails,  without  reason,  to  cause  him  to  attend  school  regularly  for 
the  remainder  of  the  term  for  which  the  arrest  was  made,  the 
officer  making  the  arrest  shall  make  complaint,  and  said  person 
shall  be  fined  as  hereinafter  provided. 
1898,  No.  25,  §  2.         Sec.  1038.     Authority  over  non-resident  pupils.     A  truant 
officer  of  the  town  in  which  a  non-resident  pupil  is  in  attendance 
upon  school  shall  have  the  same  authority  and  jurisdiction  over 
such  non-resident  pupil  as  in  the  case  of  resident  pupils. 
K-  i90s6*7L956-  Sec.  1039.     Compensation.     A  person  acting  as  truant  of- 

1892"  No.  22,  §  is.  ficer  shall  receive  two  dollars  per  day  for  time  actually  spent,  un- 
less otherwise  provided,  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the  town  or  incor- 
porated school  district. 

Complaints. 

v.  s.  §  720.  '  Sec.  1040.  Form.  The  complaint  shall  be  sufficient  if  it 
1888^  No!  9r§  iei!  states  that  the  parent,  master  or  guardian  neglects  to  send  his 
mo!  No.  13,  §§  3,  child,  apprentice  or  ward  (naming  him)   to  school  as  required 

694vt.  85.  by  law- 

Penalties. 

1906,  No.  52,  §  5.  Sec.  1041.  Truancy  and  disobedience.  A  child  enrolled 
v.  s.  §  718.'  in  the  public  schools  who  is  guilty  of  wilful  and  continued  dis- 

obedience  to  school  rules  and  regulations  or  laws,  or  whose  con- 
duct is  pernicious  and  injurious  to  the  school,  or  who  is  an 
habitual  truant,  may  be  sentenced  to  the  Vermont  industrial 
school  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  twenty-eight  weeks. 
1896,  No.  19,  §  9.         Sec.   1042.     Neglect  of  duty  by  officers.     A  truant  or  other 
1892-,  No.  22,  §  13.    officer  authorized  to  make  arrests  in  the  town,  or  an  overseer  of 
1886,'  No.  25.        *   the  poor,  who  refuses  or  neglects  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 
r.  1906,  §  955.  Sec.  1043.     Generally;   jurisdiction   of   courts.     A   person 

5. '  '         '  who  violates  a  provision  of  this  chapter  shall,  unless  otherwise 

1898!  No!  26,  I  l!     provided,  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  less 
v89|  ^°§  7V  716  tnan  five  dollars,  which  shall  be  paid  to  the  town.     Justices  and 
718,  719,  721.       municipal  courts  shall  have   concurrent  jurisdiction  with  the 
county  court  of  offenses  arising  under  this  chapter. 

CHAPTER  50. 
EMPLOYMENT  OF  CHILD  LABOR. 

1906,  No.  52,  §  1.         Sec.   1044.     Employment  of  children  under  sixteen  years 
v90!.'  ?°7i255'  §  2'    of  age.     A  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  who  has  not  com- 
1I9I;  So!  22,  I  f.     pleted  the  course  of  study  of  nine  years  prepared  for  the  elemen- 
r88l  ?°673  §  154'    tary  schools  by  the  superintendent  of  education  shall  not,  unless 
1867!  No.  35,  §  2.     excused  in  writing  by  the  town  superintendent  of  schools,  be  em- 
ployed in  work  connected  with  railroading,  mining,  manufac- 
turing or  quarrying,  or  be  employed  in  delivering  messages  by 
a  corporation  or  company,  except  during  vacation  and  before  and 
after  school,  unless  said  child  deposits  with  his  employer  a  cer- 
tificate from  said  superintendent  to  the  effect  that  he  is  eligible 


Chap.  51.]  REGISTERS.  283 

to  employment  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter ; 
and  no  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  be  employed  after 
eight  o'clock  at  night  in  any  of  the  occupations  or  industries 
herein  enumerated.  In  case  said  child  has  been  in  attendance 
upon  a  private  or  parochial  school,  said  superintendent  is  em- 
powered to  examine  said  child  for  the  purpose  of  determining 
his  eligibility  to  employment  in  accordance  with  this  section. 

Sec.  1045.     Town  superintendent's  duties.     A  town  super- 1906,  No.  52,  §  2. 
intendent  may  inquire  of  the  owner  or  superintendent  of  a  mill,  1592',  n0.  22,  §  5. 
factory,  quarry,  work  shop,  or  railroad  office,  shop  or  yards, 1888,  No*  9>  8  lo°* 
as  to  the  employment  of  children  therein,  may  call  for  the  pro- 
duction of  the  certificates  deposited  with  such  owner  or  super- 
intendent, and  satisfy  himself  that  the  requirements  of  law  have 
been  complied  with. 

Sec.  1046.     Employment  of  children  under  twelve  years  of  1906,  No.  52,5  3. 
age.    No  child  under  the  age  of  twelve  years  shall  be  employed       '    °'    °°' 
by  or  permitted  to  work  for  any  railroad  company,  or  in  any 
mill,  factory,  quarry  or  work  shop,  or  in  delivering  messages  for 
a  corporation  or  company. 

Sec.  1047.     General  prohibition.     No  person  having  a  child  1904,  No.  155,  §  3. 
under  his  control  shall  allow  him  to  be  employed  contrary  ,to  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Sec.  1048.     Penalty.     A  person  who  violates  a  provision  of  1904,  No.  155,  §  3. 
this  chapter  shall  be  fined  fifty  dollars.         .  1892'  No.  22,  §  7. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  157. 
R.  L.  §  673.  1867,  No.  35,  §  3. 

Sec.  1049.     Jurisdiction.     County  and  municipal  courts  andi904,  No.  155,  §  4. 
justices  shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  of  offenses  under  this 
chapter,  and  truant  officers  and  all  informing  officers  are  author- 
ized to  make  complaints  for  violations  of  the  same. 

Sec.  1050.     Complaints.     A  complaint  for  a  violation  of  the  v.  s.  §  720. 

1  &Q^      \ta      00      ft     19 

third  preceding  section  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  states  that  the  per-  isss',  No."  9,~§  161!" 
son  having  a  child  under  his  control  neglects  to  send  said  child  f^',  No.7 13,  §§  3, 
(naming  him)  to  school  as  required  by  law.  69%  t  85 

CHAPTER  51. 

REGISTERS   AND    RETURNS. 

Sections  1051-1055.— Registers. 
Section  1056. — Penalties. 

Sections  1057, 1058. — Returns. 
Section  1059. — Fees. 

Registers. 

Sec.  1051.     Superintendent  of  education  to  prescribe  blank  v.  s.  §  723. 
forms.     The  superintendent  of  education  shall  prescribe  blank  isss!  No!  9,  '§  188. 

T?      T       6    fit  fl 

forms  for  a  school  register  for  keeping  a  record  of  the  daily  at-^s,'  No.  117,  §  6. 
tendance  of  pupils,  and  containing  printed  interrogatories  for^f^  jj°;  f|;  |  f; 
procuring  the  statistical  information  required  to  be  gj^en  by^5|-  ff0  V^V. 
teachers  and  school  officers,  and  for  procuring  such  other  infor- 
mation as  he  deems  desirable. 


284 


FEES. 


[Title  11. 


V.  S.  §  724. 
1892,  No.  21,  §  9. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  189. 
R.  L.  §  617. 
1874,  No.  33,  §  4. 
1872,  No.  18,  §  2. 
G.  S.  22,  §  109. 
1858,  No.  1,  §  7. 

V.  S.  §  725. 
1892,  No.  21,  §  11. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  191. 
1886,  No.  33,  §  3. 
R.  L.  §  620. 
1878,  No.  117,  §  1. 
1865,  No.  30. 
1864,  No.  58. 
G.  S.  22,  §  110. 
1858,  No.  1,  §  8. 
50  Vt.  30. 
63  Vt.  647. 


V.  S.  §  726. 

1892,  No.  21,  §  12. 

1888,  No.  9,  §§  191. 

192. 
R.  L.  §  621. 
1867,  No.  19. 
1865,  No.  30. 
G.  S.  22,  §  110. 


7. 


R.  1906,  §  968 
1896,  No.  19, 
V.  S.  §  727. 
1892,  No.  21,  §  13. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  193. 
R.  L.  §  622. 
1878,  No.  117,  §  1. 
1864,  No.  58. 
G.  S.  22,  §  110. 
1858,  No.  1,  §  8. 


R.  1906,  §  1014. 
V.  S.  §  853. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  240. 


Sec.  1052.  Town  clerk  to  be  supplied  with.  Said  super- 
intendent shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  February,  transmit  to 
the  town  clerks  a  sufficient  number  of  such  registers  to  supply 
the  schools  in  their  respective  towns,  who  shall  receipt  therefor. 

Sec.  1053.  Teachers  to  procure  and  keep.  A  teacher  be- 
fore commencing  school  shall  procure  a  register  from  the  clerk 
of  the  board  of  school  directors,  keep  therein,  in  the  prescribed 
form,  a  record  of  the  daily  attendance  of  each"  pupil,  enter 
therein  correct  answers  to  the  interrogatories  addressed  to  the 
teachers,  and  return  such  register  to  said  clerk,  at  the  end  of 
each  term,  the  final  return  to  be  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  April. 

Sec.  1054.  Clerk  to  examine.  Said  clerk  shall  examine  the 
register;  and,  if  it  is  filled  out  and  properly  certified  to  by  the 
teacher,  he  shall  give  a  certificate  to  that  effect ;  and  the  teacher 
shall  not  be  entitled  to  -compensation  except  on  presentation  of 
such  certificate.  isss,  No.  l,  §  s.      so  vt.  30.    • 

Sec.  1055.  Clerk  to -answer  interrogatories  and  file.  Said 
clerk,  upon  the  final  return  to  him  of  the  register,  shall  enter 
therein  correct  answers  to  the  interrogatories  to  be  answered  by 
him,  the  name  of  the  teacher  of  the  school  during  the  year  for 
which  such  register  was  kept,  the  date  and  character  of  such 
teacher's  certificate,  and  certify  to  the  correctness  of  such  entry; 
and  said  clerk  shall  file  the  register  so  completed  in  the  office  of 
the  town  clerk,  on  or  before,  the  second  Tuesday  of  April. 

Penalties. 

Sec.  1056.  False  certificate  or  answers.  A  clerk  of  a 
board  of  school  directors  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  cer- 
tificate as  to  the  date  or  character  of  a  teacher's  certificate  or 
who  knowingly  makes  false  answers  to  the  interrogatories  con- 
tained in  the  school  register  shall  forfeit  to  the  town  one  hundred 
dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute.  ■ 


V.  S.  §  730. 
1892,  No.  21,  §  15. 
1888,  -No.  9,  §  197. 
R.  L.  §  627. 
1874,  No.  33,  §  5. 
G.  S.  22,  §  112. 
1858,  No.  1,  §  2. 
1856,  No.  5,  §  4. 
1849,  No.  14,  §  6. 
1847,  No.  24,  §  6. 

V.  S.  §  731. 

1892,  No.  21,  §  16. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  198. 

R.  L.  §  628. 

1874,  No.  33,  §  6.  . 

G.  S.  22,  §  113. 

1858,  No.  1,  §  13. 


V.  S.  §  732. 

1892,  No.'  21,  §  17. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  199. 


Returns. 

Sec.  1057.  Town  clerk  to  make.  The  town  clerk  shall  an- 
nually, in  the  month  of  April,  or  at  such  time  as  the  superin- 
tendent of  education  directs,  make  out  and  return  to  him  such 
statistics  as  he  requires,  upon  blanks  furnished  by  said  super- 
intendent, who  shall  receipt  therefor. 

1845,  No.  37,  §  5.   1843,  No.  16,  §  2.   1833,  No.  19,  §  1.   1827,  No.  23,  §  5. 

Sec.  1058.  Principals  to  make.  The  trustees  of  incor- 
porated schools  shall  cause  their  principals  to  return  to  the  super- 
intendent of  education,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April,  an- 
nually, answers  to  the  statistical  inquiries  addressed  to  them  by 
said  superintendent. 

Fees. 

• 

Sec.  1059.  Allowed  to  town  clerk.  For  services  rendered 
as  required  by  this  chapter,  a  town  clerk  shall  receive  from  the 


Chap.  52.]  UNITED    STATES    DEPOSIT    MONEY.  285 

town  treasurer  three  cents  for  each  legal  pupil  in  the  town; 
but  such  compensation  shall  not  be  more  than  twenty  dollars 
nor  less  than  three  dollars. 

CHAPTER  52. 

SCHOOL   TAXES   AND   SCHOOL   MONEYS. 

Sections  1060-1064  —  School  taxes. 

Sections  1065-1071. — United  States  deposit  money. 

Section  1072. — Permanent  public  school  fund. 

Sections  1073-1083. — Trustees  of  permanent  school  fund. 

Section  1084. — Distribution  of  permanent  public  school 

fund. 
Section  1085. — Report. 

Section  1086. — Audit  of  permanent  public  school   fund. 

Sections  1087-1890.— Town  school  fund. 
Sections  1091-1096.— State  school  tax. 
Section  1097. — Legal  schools. 

Sections  1098, 1099. — Division  of  public  money  between  town 

and  incorporated  district. 
Sections  1100, 1101.— Statements. 
Section  1102. — Forfeitures. 

Sections  1103, 1104. — Miscellaneous. 

School  Taxes. 

Sec.  1060.     Grand  list.     The  grand  list  of  a  town  school  v.  s.  §  733. 
district  shall  be  made  up  of  the  ratable  polls  and  real  and  per-isssl  No.'  9, '§200! 
sonal  estate  therein.  R*  L-  §  630- 

Sec.  1061.     Appropriation.     A  town  shall  annually  appro- 1906,  No.  35,  §  2. 
priate  for  school  purposes  a  sum  not  less  than  one-fifth  of  thei892',  No!  26,  §  14. 
grand  list  of  the  town  school  district,  and  the  selectmen  shall  18f|'7. No'  9'  §§136, 
assess  a  tax  to  meet  such  appropriation.  57  vt.  31.  f^-  fj060^  §  8 

Sec.  1062.     Town  treasurer  to  keep  separate  account.    The  v.  s.  §  735. 
town  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate  account  of  the  moneys  ap-  isss!  No.'  9,  '§  137] 
propriated  or  given  for  the  use  of  schools,  and  shall  pay  out  of  fg^  no6°i6,  §  8. 
such  moneys  orders  drawn  by  the  board  of  school  directors  for 
school  purposes. 

Sec.  1063.     Income    of    permanent    public    school    fund.  190G,  No.  54,  §  16. 
Said  treasurer  shall  give  credit  in  his  account  of  the  school  fund   • 
for  sums  received  by  the  town  from  the  income  of  the  permanent 
public  school  fund. 

Sec.  1064.     Report    by    town    treasurer.     Said    treasurer  v.  s.  §  752. 
shall  report  at  each  annual  town  meeting  the  amount  of  moneys        ' 
received  for  school  purposes,  the  source  from  which  received, 
and  how  the  same  has  been  divided  and  paid. 

United  States  Deposit  Money. 

Sec.  1065.     State   treasurer   to   receive.     The   state  treas-v.  s.  §  736. 
urer  shall  receive  moneys  belonging  to  the  United  States  to  be  r.  *  f°639.  b  ~10' 
deposited  with  this  state  and  give  a  certificate  of  deposit  for^;  |;  f|  |  f|; 
the  same  according  to  law.  1836-  No-  15>  §  *• 


286 


PERMANENT    SCHOOL   FUND. 


[Title  11. 


V.  S.  §  739. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  214. 
R.  L.  §  643. 
G.  S.  22,  §§  97,  98. 
1842,  No.  13.  §  2. 
R.  S.  18,  §  48. 
1836,  No.  15,  §  2. 


1906,  No.  54,  §  17. 
V.  S.  §  740. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  213. 
R.  L.  §  642. 
G.  S.  22,  §§  95,  99. 
1842,  No.  13,  §  1. 


V.  S.  §  745. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  219. 
R.  L.  §  648. 
G.  S.  22,  §  100. 
R.  S.  18,  §  50. 
1S36,  No.  15,  §  2. 


R.  1906,  §  985. 
V.  S.  §  746. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  220. 
R.  L.  §  649. 
G.  S.  22,  §  107. 
R.  S.  18,  §  56. 
1836,  No.  15,  §  7. 


V.  S.  §  747. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  221. 
R.  L.  §  650. 
G.  S.  22,  §  108. 
R.  S.  18,  §  57. 
1836,  No.  15,  §  7. 


V.  S.  §  748. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  222. 
R.  L.  §  651. 
1865,  No.  39,  §  2. 


Sec.  1066.  Trustees  of  public  money  to  give  bond.  The 
trustees  of  public  money  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  their  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  town,  with  at  least  three 
sufficient  sureties,  in  such  sum  as  the  selectmen  direct,  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  in  loaning, 
managing,  accounting  for  and  paying  over,  as  may  be  required 
by  law,  the  moneys  placed  in  their  charge.  If  a  trustee  fails 
to  execute  such  bond,  his  office  shall  be  vacant,  and  such  va- 
cancy may  be  filled  as  vacancies  in  other  town  offices. 

Sec.  1067.  Trustees  to  manage  and  report.  Said  trustees 
shall  manage  such  money  and  report  the  condition  of  the  same 
at  each  annual  town  meeting. 


r.  s.  18,  §  49. 


1837,  No.  12,  §  3.      1836,  No.  15,  §  3. 


Sec.  1068.  Towns  accountable.  If  a  town  has  received 
its  portion  of  deposit  money,  it  shall  be  accountable  for  the  same 
when  required  by  the  state  treasurer  on  requisition  of  the  United 
States,  or  for  the  purpose  of  a  new  apportionment,  as  a  town 
is  accountable  for  state  taxes. 

Sec.  1069.  Penalty  for  neglect  by  towns.  If  a  town  fails 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  three  preceding  sections 
relative  to  the  management  or  disposition  of  the  United  States 
moneys  received  by  such  town,  it  shall  forfeit  to  the  county 
treasurer,  for  the  use  of  such  county,  a  sum  not  exceeding 
double  the  amount  of  the  interest  on  such  moneys,  to  be  recov- 
ered in  an  action  on  this  statute. 

Sec.  1070.  Grand  jury's  duties.  The  grand  jury  shall 
inquire  how  the  towns  have  managed  and  disposed  of  the  money 
so  deposited  with  them  and  the  annual  interest  thereof;  and, 
if  a  town  has  not  complied  with  the  provisions  of  the  four  pre- 
ceding sections  relative  to  such  deposit  money,  it  shall  present 
to  the  court  its  indictment  therefor  against  the  town;  and  the 
clerk  shall  give  twenty  days'  notice  thereof  to  such  town,  which 
shall  be  served  as  a  writ  of  summons. 

Sec.  1071.  State  treasurer  to  adjust  accounts.  The  state 
treasurer,  in  the  collection  of  the  United  States  deposit  money 
loaned  by  former  treasurers,  shall  adjust  and  settle  the  same 
as  is  for  the  interest  of  the  state. 


1906,  No.  54,  §  1. 


1906,  No.  54,  §  2. 


Permanent  Public  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1072.  How  constituted.  The  sum  of  two  hundred 
and  forty  thousand  dollars  returned  by  the  national  govern- 
ment to  the  state  in  settlement  of  the  civil  war  claims,  the  Hunt- 
ington fund,  the  United  States  deposit  money  and  such  other 
additions  as  may  be  made  to  the  fund  hereby  established  shall 
be  held  intact  and  in  reserve  as  a  permanent  public  school  fund. 

Trustees  of  Permanent  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1073.  How  constituted;  duties.  The  governor,  lieu- 
tenant-governor, state  treasurer  and  superintendent  of  educa- 
tion, ex-officio,  and  three  persons  to  be  appointed  biennially  by 


Chap.  52.]  TRUSTEES  OF   SCHOOL   FUND.  '  287 

the  governor,  whose  terms  of  office  shall  continue  until  the  first 
day  of  November  of  the  next  biennial  year  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  appointed  and  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  by 
the  governor,  shall  constitute  a  board  to  be  known  as  trustees 
of  permanent  school  fund.  Said  trustees  shall  invest  the  per- 
manent public  school  fund  in  the  following  named  securities 
only:  United  States  bonds,  state  bonds,  bonds  of  cities  and 
school  districts  located  in  the  United  States,  excluding  terri- 
tories, and  having  a  population  of  over  twenty  thousand,  and 
bonds  of  towns,  cities  and  villages  in  this  state  whose  total  in- 
debtedness does  not  exceed  five  times  the  amount  of  the  grand 
list.  Said  board  may  receive  gifts,  bequests  or  additions  to  such 
permanent  public  school  fund;  and  all  purchases  and  sales  of 
securities  shall  be  made  by,  and  all  securities  shall  be  taken  in 
the  name  of,  and  so  far  as  possible  made  payable  to,  the  trus- 
tees of  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec:  1074.  ^  Organization;  meetings.  Said  trustees  shall  1906,  No.  54,  §  3. 
organize  by  the  election  of  a  chairman,  secretary  and  a  com- 
mittee on  finance  of  three  members,  of  which  the  secretary  shall 
be  one,  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  in  the  executive  chamber  of  the 
state  capitol  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  on  the  second  Tues- 
day of  November  in  each  biennial  year,  or  at  an  adjournment 
thereof,  or  at  a  special  meeting  duly  called  if  the  organization 
is  not  then  completed.  Regular  meetings  of  the  board  shall  be 
held  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  members  by  vote  determine. 
On  the  request  of  anj»  two  members  of  the  board,  the  secretary 
shall  call  a  special  meeting  thereof  by  notice  in  writing  mailed 
to  each  member  at  least  three  days  before  such  meeting,  but  the 
board  may  act  without  notice  of  a  special  meeting  when  all  are 
present. 

Sec.  1075.  Committee  on  finance;  duties.  The  commit- 1906,  No.  54,  §  4. 
tee  on  finance  shall,  by  unanimous  action,  make  all  investments 
of  the  permanent  public  school  fund  and  designate  depositories 
therefor,  and,  in  the  name  of  the  trustees,  shall  execute  all 
checks,  transfers  or  releases  of  securities  and  do  all  things  neces- 
sary to  the  proper  management  of  the  assets  and  income  of 
such  fund. 

Sec.  1076.     Compensation.     The  trustees  shall  receive  noi906,  No.  54,  §  5. 
compensation  for  their  services,  but  shall  be  paid  their  neces- 
sary expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

Sec.  1077.  Vacancies;  secretary,  duties  of.  Vacancies  1906,  No.  54,  §  g. 
among  the  trustees  appointed  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor,  and 
vacancies  in  the  officers  of  the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  mem- 
bers at  a  regular  meeting  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that 
purpose.  The  secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  board  and  of  the  committee  on  finance,  recording  in  detail 
the  proceedings  of  said  committee  relating  to  investments,  in- 
come and  disbursements  and  the  management  of  the  permanent 
public  school  fund.  • 

Sec.  1078.     Huntington   fund.     On   such   part   of   the  re-1906,  No.  54,  §  7. 
mainder  of  the  Huntington  fund  heretofore  converted  to  the  use 
of  the  state  as  shall  not  have  been,  at  the  time  of  the  distribu- 


288  TRUSTEES   OF   SCHOOL   FUND.  [Title  11. 

tion  of  the  income  from  the  permanent  public  school  fund  in 
each  year,  paid  over  to  the  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund 
as  hereinafter  provided,  six  per  cent  interest  shall  annually 
be  segregated  by  the  state  treasurer  as  a  part  of  the  income 
of  the  permanent  public  school  fund,  and  such  interest  shall 
be  distributed  like  the  other  income  from  such  fund;  and, 
whenever  at  the  end  of  any  fiscal  year  there  is  a  surplus  in  the 
state  treasury  over  and  above  the  liabilities  of  the  state,  such 
part  of  such  surplus  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  trustees  of  perma- 
nent school  fund  as  the  trustees  of  such  fund  may  determine  at 
a  meeting  to  be  called  for  that  purpose,  until  an  amount  equal 
to  that  part  of  the  Huntington  fund  heretofore  converted  into 
cash  by  the  state  treasurer  shall  have  been  so  transferred. 

190G,  No.  54,  §  s.  Sec.  1079.  United  States  deposit  money.  The  United 
States  deposit  money  held  in  the  state  treasury  for  towns  which 
have  not  elected  trustees  of  public  money  and  for  unorganized 
towns  and  gores,  together  with  three  per  cent  interest  thereon 
since  the  last  distribution,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  trustees 
of  permanent  school  fund  at  their  request  and  before  the  distri- 
bution of  the  state  school  tax  in  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,  the 
principal  sum  for  investment  as  a  part  of  the  permanent  public 
school  fund,  and  the  amount  of  three  per  cent  interest  for  dis- 
tribution with  the  other  income  from  the  permanent  public 
school  fund. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  9.  Sec.  1080.  Same.  The  trustees  of  public  money  of  each 
town  shall,  on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred 
and  seven,  collect  and  pay  over  the  United  States  deposit  money 
heretofore  apportioned  to  it,  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trus- 
tees of  permanent  school  fund,  except  where  such  money  was, 
on  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  loaned  to 
the  town  to  which  it  was  apportioned;  in  which  case,  the  trus- 
tees of  public  money  may  continue  annually  to  loan  such  money 
to  such  town,  with  interest  at  five  per  cent  per  annum,  until  .such 
time  as  said  trustees  see  fit  to  collect  the  same,  when  it  shall 
immediately  be  turned  over  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trus- 
tees of  permanent  school  fund. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  io.  Sec.  1081.  Same.  The  income  from  the  United  States 
deposit  money,  in  those  towns  where  such  fund  is  loaned  to  the 
town  to  which  it  has  been  apportioned,  shall  annually,  on  or 
before  the  tenth  day  of  June,  so  long  as  such  loan  remains  un- 
collected, be  paid  over  by  the  trustees  of  public  money  to  the 
state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  for 
distribution  with  the  other  income  from  such  permanent  public 
school  fund. 

1906,  No.  54,  §  ii.  Sec.  1082.  Failure  to  pay  United  States  deposit  money; 
forfeiture.  If  in  any  town  the  trustees  of  public  money  fail 
to  collect  and  pay  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of 
permanent  schbol  fund  such  town's  share  of  the  United  States 
deposit  money  as  is  not  already  loaned  to  the  town  to  which  it 
has  been  apportioned  within  the  time  limited  therefor,  or  if,  in 
any  town  where  its  share  of  United  States  deposit  money  is 
already  loaned  to  it,  the  trustees  of  public  money  fail  to  pay, 


Chap.  52.]  AUDIT   OF   PUBLIC   SCHOOL   FUND. 

within  the  time  limited  therefor,  annually,  the  five  per  cent  in- 
come derived  therefrom,  then,  in  either  such  event,  the  income 
from  the  permanent  public  school  fund  and  the  state  school  tax 
which  would  otherwise  thereafter  be  payable  to  such  town  shall 
be  forfeited  to  the  state  and  added  to  the  principal  of  the  per- 
manent public  school  fund ;  and  such  forfeiture  shall  thereafter 
be  made  from  year  to  year,  until  such  town  has  paid  to  the 
state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  all 
sums  in  arrears,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent 
per  annum. 

Sec.  1083.     Accountable  for  United  States  deposit  money.  1906,  No.  54,  §  12. 
The  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  shall  be  accountable  for 
such  part  of  the  United  States  deposit  money  as  is  held  by  them, 
when  required  by  the  state  treasurer  on  requisition  of  the  United 
States. 

Distribution  of  Permanent  Public  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1084.  Income,  how  distributed.  The  income  only  1906,  No.  54,  §  13. 
from  the  permanent  public  school  fund  shall  be  covered  into 
the  state  treasury,  fifteen  thousand  dollars  of  which  shall  an- 
nually be  divided  among  the  towns,  cities  and  unorganized 
towns  and  gores  entitled  thereto,  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
forty-five  thousand  dollar  reserve  fund  is  divided;  and  the  re- 
maining portion  of  the  income  shall  be  divided  by  the  state 
treasurer,  among  the  towns,  cities  and  unorganized  towns  and 
gores,  according  to  the  number  of  legal  schools  maintained  the 
preceding  year;  and  such  division  shall  be  made  at  the  same 
time  the  moneys  derived  from  the  state  school  tax  are  divided. 
The  income  thus  distributed  shall  be  used  solely  for  the  support 
of  public  schools,  and  shall,  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores, 
be  divided  equally  between  the  several  school  districts  which 
have  maintained  a  legal  school  the  preceding  year,  and  in  towns 
having  a  district  incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  general 
assembly,  as  is  provided  for  the  division  in  such  towns  of  money 
received  from  the  state  school  tax. 

Report. 

Sec.  1085.  Trustees  to  make.  The  trustees  of  permanent  1906,  No.  54,  §  14. 
school  fund  shall  present  to  the  general  assembly,  on  the  first 
day  of  each  biennial  session,  a  report  of  their  official  acts,  show- 
ing the  amount  and  condition  of  such  fund  and  the  securities 
in  which  it  is  invested  and  the  amount  and  distribution  of  its 
income. 

Audit  of  Permanent  Public  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1086.  Auditor  of  accounts  and  bank  commissioner  1906,  No.  54,  §  15. 
to  make.  The  auditor  of  accounts  and  bank  commissioner  shall 
annually  audit  the  accounts  of  the  trustees  of  permanent  school 
fund  and  the  accounts  of  the  state  treasurer  in  connection  with 
such  fund,  examine  the  securities  on  hand  and  certify  to  the 
correctness  of  their  transactions  and  the  condition  of  the  fund; 


290 


STATE    SCHOOL   TAX. 


[Title  11. 


v.  s.  §  754. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  223. 
R.  L.  §  652. 
1878,  No.  110,  §  1. 
G.  S.  22,  §  78. 
R.  S.  18,  §  27. 
1827,  No.  23,  §  3. 
38  Vt.  193. 


V.  S.  §  755. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  224. 
R.  L.  §  653. 
1878,  No.  110,  §  1. 
G.  S.  22,  §  78. 
R.  S.  18,  §  27. 


V.  S.  §  756. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  223. 

R.  L.  §  654. 

1878,  No.  110,  §  2. 


V.  S.  §  757. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  226. 
R.  L.  §  655. 
G.  S.  22,  §  79. 
R.  S.  18,  §  28. 


and  such  certificate  shall  be  included  in  the  report  of  the  state 
treasurer. 

Town  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1087.  Duties  of  selectmen.  The  selectmen  of  a  town 
shall  have  charge  of  the  real  and  personal  estate  appropriated 
to  the  use  of  schools  therein,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law, 
or  unless  the  person  giving  a  part  thereof  directs  the  same  to 
be  managed  in  some  other  way,  and  annually  render  an  account 
to  the  town;  and  the  selectmen  shall  lease  such  lands  and  loan 
such  moneys  on  annual  or  semi-annual  interest,  upon  sufficient 
real  estate  or  personal  security,  in  the  state. 

Sec.  1088.  Same.  The  securities  for  the  payment  of  the 
moneys  so  loaned  and  the  interest  thereon  shall  be  taken  in  the 
name  of  the  town;  and  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the 
town,  prosecute  and  defend  actions  for  the  recovery  or  protec- 
tion of  the  estate  so  intrusted  to  their  care.  If  the  title  or  pos- 
session of  real  estate  mortgaged  or  deeded  as  security  is  recov- 
ered in  such  action,  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the  town, 
lease  or  sell  and  convey  such  real  estate,  and  invest  the  moneys 
received  therefrom  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section. 

Sec.  1089.  Acknowledgments.  A  person  authorized  may 
take  the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  provided  for  in  the  two 
preceding  sections,  or  may  sign  such  deed  as  witness,  although 
he  is  an  inhabitant  and  taxpayer  of  the  town. 

Sec.  1090.  Securities  and  moneys.  The  securities  belong- 
ing to  the  town  school  fund  shall  be  deposited  in  the  office  of 
the  town  treasurer,  and  moneys  received  on  account  of  the  same 
shall  be  paid  into  such  treasury,  and  a  separate  account  thereof 
shall  be  kept  on  the  books  of  the  treasurer. 

State  School  Tax. 


1900,  No.  30,  §  ] 
V.  S.  §  758. 
1890,  No.  6,  §  1. 


1896,  No.  23,  §  1. 


V.  S. 

1890, 


§§  759,  764. 
No.  6,  §§  2,  4. 


1896,  No.  23,  §  2. 
V.  S.  §  760. 
1890,  No.  6,  §  3. 


Sec.  1091.  Assessment.  A  tax  of  eight  cents  on  the  dol- 
lar shall  be  annually  assessed  upon  the  grand  list  for  the  support 
of  public  schools. 

Sec.  1092.  Apportionment.  The  state  treasurer  shall  ap- 
portion such  tax  to  the  several  towns,  unorganized  towns  and 
gores,  according  to  their  respective  grand  lists  as  shown  by  the 
list  prepared  annually  by  the  secretary  of  state  from  the  ab- 
stracts of  the  grand  list  of  such  towns,  unorganized  towns  and 
gores,  which  are  required  to  be  returned  to  his  office,  and  shall 
annually,  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  December,  make  out  and 
transmit  to  each  town  treasurer  and  to  the  collector  of  taxes 
for  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  a  notice  of  the  amount  so  ap- 
portioned and  that  the  same  must  be  paid  into  the  state  treas- 
ury on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  June  following,  and  also  issue 
and  transmit  at  the  same  time,  to  said  collector,  a  warrant  for  the 
collection  of  such  tax. 

Sec.  1093.  Payment.  The  town  or  city  treasurer  shall, 
upon  receipt  of  such  notice,  transmit  the  same  to  the  selectmen 
or  mayor,  who  shall  draw  an  order  on  the  town  or  city  treasurer 


Chap.  52.]  DIVISION   OF   PUBLIC   MONEY.  291 

for  the  amount  of  such  tax;  and  the  treasurer  shall  pay  the 
same  into  the  state  treasury  out  of  any  money  belonging  to  the 
town  or  city.  If  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  such  town  or  city 
treasurer  are  not  sufficient  to  pay  the  tax,  the  selectmen  or  mayor 
shall  borrow  the  necessary  amount  upon  orders.  The  commis- 
sioner of  taxes  for  unorganized  towns  and  gores  shall,  upon 
receipt  of  such  notice  and  warrant,  assess  a  tax  for  the  amount 
specified  therein  and  cause  the  same  to  be  collected  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  law  and  paid  into  the  state  treasury  according  to 
such  notice  and  warrant. 

Sec.  1094.  Town  clerk  to  certify  as  to  number  of  legal  v.  s.  §  761.. 
schools.  A  town  clerk  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  June,  furnish  to  the  superintendent  of  education,  on  a 
blank  to  be  furnished  by  said  superintendent  for  that  purpose, 
a  certified  statement  of  the  number  of  legal  schools  maintained 
during  the  preceding  year  in  his  town ;  and  said  superintendent 
shall  forthwith  transmit  such  statement  to  the  state  treasurer. 
A  town  shall  not  be  entitled  to  its  share  of  the  tax  assessed  in 
the  third  preceding  section,  if  its  clerk  fails  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  1095.     Distribution.     The    state    treasurer    shall    an-R.  1906,  §  1006. 
nually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  divide  the  money  in  1902',  no.'  30*'8§i*' 
the  state  treasury  received  on  such  tax,  having  first  reserved  the  JgJ^  Vo6220,  §  1. 
sum  of  forty-five  thousand  dollars,  among  the  towns,  unorgan-J||J'  £*£•  ^.  §  i- 
ized  towns  and  gores  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  legal 
schools  maintained  therein  during  the  preceding  year;  and  such 
sum  shall,  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  be  divided  equally 
among  the  several  school  districts  which  have  maintained  a  legal 
school  during  the  preceding  year,  and  in  towns  having  districts 
incorporated  by  special  act  of  the  general  assembly,  as  is  pro- 
vided in  the  third  following  section. 

Sec.  1096.     Board  of  distribution.    A  board  consisting  ofR.  1906,  §  1007. 
the  governor,  superintendent  of  education  and  the  state  treas-1902,'  No!  30,'  §  2'. 
urer  shall,  in  its  discretion,  distribute  the  sum  reserved  in  the 
preceding  section  among  the  towns  which  expend  at  least  fifty 
cents  on  the  dollar  of  the  grand  list  for  school  purposes,  in 
order  to  equalize  taxation  and  afford  equal  school  privileges. 

Legal   Schools. 

Sec.  1097.     Definition.    A  legal  school  for  the  purposes  of  1906,  No.  53,  §  4. 
this  chapter  shall  be  one  which,  during  the  preceding  school  v8°s.'  f°7632'  §  3" 
year,  has  been  maintained  for  at  least  twenty-eight  weeks,  dur-1S94'  No'  10,  §  2- 
ing  which  time  the  average  daily  attendance  of  pupils  has  been 
not  less  than  six,  and  which  has  been  taught  by  a  duly  qualified 
teacher  whose  register  has  been  kept  and  returned  as  required 
by  law. 

Division  of  Public  Money  between  Town  and  Incorporated 

District. 

Sec.  1098.     How  made.     The  selectmen  of  a  town  having  1900,  No.  19,  §  1. 
within  its  limits  a  school  district  or  a  part  of  a  school  district  y89!.'  f0^!0,  §  T" 


292 


FORFEITURES. 


[Title  11. 


1892,  No.  20,  §  1. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  2. 
1888,  No.  9,  §§  141, 

233,  235. 
1886,  No.  24. 
1884,  No.  29. 
R.  L.  §§  661,  662. 
1880,  No.  94,  §§  5,  6, 
1876,  No.  51. 
1874,  No.  40,  §  1. 
1866,  No.  9,  §  1. 
1864,  No.  59. 
G.  S.  22,  §  83. 
I860,  No.  5. 
1858,  No.  1,  §§  5,  6. 
R.  S.  18,  §  32. 
1827,  No.  23,  §  9. 
R.  1797,  pp.  493, 

497,  §§  1,  7. 
1795,  p.  10,  §  3. 
R.  1787,  p.  136. 
72  Vt.  451. 


R.  1906,  §  1010. 
V.  S.  §  849. 
1892,  No.  20,  §  6. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  236. 
R.  L.  §  663. 
1880,  No.  94,  §  7. 
1874,  No.  40,  §  1. 
1866,  No.  9,  §  1. 
G.  S.  22,  §  83. 
1849,  No.  15,  §  2. 
R.  S.  IS,  §  32. 
1827,  No.  23.  §  9. 
R.  1797,  p.  497,  §  7. 
R.  1787,  p.  130. 


R.  1906,  §  1011. 
1898,  No.  20,  §  8. 
V.  S.  §  850. 
1890,  No.  5,  §  2. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  237. 


V.  S.  §  852. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  244. 
R.  L.  §  668. 
G.  S.  22,  §  85. 
1847,  No.  24,  §  4. 


V.  S.  §  853. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  240. 


incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  general  assembly  shall  an- 
nually, on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  September,  divide  the  pub- 
lic school  moneys  in  the  treasury  of  such  town  between  the  town 
district  and  the  incorporated  school  district  in  the  following 
manner:  the  town's  share  of  the  state  school  tax  distributed  to 
such  town  shall  be  divided  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  legal 
schools  maintained  in  each  district  during  the  preceding  year; 
all  other  school  moneys  in  such  treasury  shall  be  divided  so  that 
the  share  of  such  incorporated  district,  or  part  of  such  a  dis- 
trict, within  such  town,  shall  bear  such  proportion  to  the  whole 
amount  of  school  moneys,  as  the  aggregate  attendance  in  such 
incorporated  district,  or  part  thereof,  of  pupils  residing  within 
such  town,  bears  to  the  attendance  of  the  whole  town;  the  share 
belonging  to  such  incorporated  district,  or  part  thereof,  within 
the  town,  shall  be  paid  to  its  treasurer,  and  the  balance  shall  be 
credited  to  the  school  fund  by  the  treasurer  of  the  town.  In 
determining  the  aggregate  attendance  of  the  town  and  incor- 
porated district,  the  district  in  which  a  pupil  resides  shall  be 
credited  with  his  attendance. 

Sec.  1099.  Selectmen  to  examine  registers.  Before  mak- 
ing such  division,  the  selectmen  shall  carefully  examine  the 
entries  in  each  register  and  ascertain  the  aggregate  attendance 
during  the  school  year,  and  whether  it  appears  from  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  clerk  of  the  school  board  that  the  schools  were 
kept  by  duly  qualified  teachers,  and  that  said  clerk  has  made 
the  entries  required  by  law ;  and  no  public  money  shall  be  paid, 
unless  the  selectmen  find,  upon  such  examination,  that  the  law 
has  been  fully  complied  with. 

Statements. 

Sec.  1100.  By  prudential  committee.  The  prudential 
committee  of  an  incorporated  school  district  shall  annually,  on 
or  before  the  second  Tuesday  of  April,  return  to  the  town  clerk, 
or,  in  case  of  a  district  in  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  to  the 
superintendent  of  education,  an  itemized  statement  under  oath 
of  the  actual  cash  expenditures  of  the  district  for  school  purposes, 
during  the  preceding  year;  and  no  district  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive  any  portion  of  its  school  money,  unless  such  returns 
are  made. 

Sec.  1101.  By  selectmen.  The  selectmen  shall  annually, 
in  the  month  of  April,  after  they  have  made  the  division  of  the 
public  money  as  provided  in  the  third  preceding  section,  lodge 
with  the  town  clerk  a  written  statement  of  the  amount  so 
divided. 

Forfeitures. 

Sec.  1102.  By  officers.  A  school  director  or  a  prudential 
committee  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  statement  of  the  amount 
expended  for  schools,  or  a  selectman  who  knowingly  distributes 
public  money  to  an  incorporated  school  district  not  entitled 
thereto,  shall  forfeit  to  the  town  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  re- 
covered in  an  action  on  this  statute. 


Chap.  53.]  TEXT-BOOKS   AND   SUPPLIES.  293 

Miscellaneous. 

Sec.  1103.     Grand    juries    to    investigate.     Grand    juries  v.  s.  §  765. 
shall   annually  inquire  whether  towns  in  their  counties  have  issi,  No.  26,  §  3. ' 
appropriated  and  expended  the  required  sum  for  the  support  q\  §;  J2i  §°g9. 
of  schools  as  provided  in  this  chapter ;  and,  in  case  of  neglect,  ^2|-  ^  ®2f 6-§  18 
they  shall  present  their  indictment  thereof  to  the  court.  1821>  p-  90>  §  *■ 

Sec.  1104.  Town  superintendents  to  make  inquiries.  The  v.  s.  §  766. 
town  superintendent  of  schools  shall  ascertain  whether  the  re-isss!  No.'  9,'  §  232. 
quirements  of  this  chapter  relating  to  the  appropriation  and 
expenditure  of  moneys  from  the  town  treasury  for  the  support 
of  schools  are  complied  with;  and,  in  case  of  a  non-compliance, 
he  shall  bring  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  state's  attorney 
or  grand  jury. 

CHAPTER  53. 
TEXT-BOOKS  AND  SUPPLIES. 

Sec.  1105.     Towns  to  furnish.     The  board  of  school  direc-R.  1906,  §  1017. 
tors  shall  provide  and  furnish,  at  the  expense  of  the  town,  all  1896,'  No.  "19,  §  11. 
appliances,  supplies  and  text-books  used  in  the  studies  enum-^^^69^  §  1 
erated  in  section  one  thousand  and  three,  and  may  provide  and*1^-  fj061^>2  ■  9 
furnish  text-books  used  in  the  studies  enumerated  in  section  one 
thousand  and  sixteen,  to  be  paid  for  by  order  of  said  board. 

Sec.  1106.     Regulations.     Said  board  shall  make  such  rules r.  1906,  §  1018. 

V      Q      8     770 

and  regulations  as  it  deems  proper  for  the  care  and  custody  of  1594]  no.  13,  §  2. 
appliances,  supplies  and  text-books  purchased,   and  shall  loan 
appliances  and  text-books  free  of  charge  to  resident  pupils,  and 
may  sell  such  text-books  at  cost  to  persons  having  the  control 
of  pupils. 

Sec.  1107.  Damages  to.  When  a  pupil  loses,  destroys  orR.  1906,^  §  1019. 
unnecessarily  injures  a  book  or  appliance  loaned  to  him,  he,  oris94]  No!  13,  §  3. 
the  person  having  him  under  control,  shall  pay  such  loss  or  dam- 
age to  the  satisfaction  of  the  board  of  school  directors  within  a 
reasonable  time  after  written  notice  from  it;  otherwise  said 
board  shall  report  such  loss  or  damage  to  the  selectmen  of  the 
town,  or  the  proper  officers  of  the  incorporated  school  district, 
who  shall  include  in  the  next  town  or  district  tax  of  said  person 
the  value  of  such  book  or  appliance.  For  neglect  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  board  of  school  directors 
shall  be  liable  for  such  loss  or  damage  in  an  action  of  general 
assumpsit  in  the  name  of  such  town  or  incorporated  school 
district. 

Sec.  1108.     Selection.     The  board  of  school  directors  andisos,  No.  27,  §  2. 
the  town  superintendent  shall  select  the  text-books  to  be  used  1894'  no'  '13  §  5 
in  the  public  schools.  %  ■  J|||:  g£  ?9'Ch-  10- 

R.  £!  §  609.  ' 
1S74,  No.  33,  §  1.  G.  S.  22,  §  7.      1849,  No.  14,  §  5.  1833,  No.  19,  §  1.   1878,  No.  122,  §§ 
1872,  No.  14.      1862,  No.  8.      1845,  No.  37,  §  5.   1827,  No.  23,  §  4.     1-4. 
1866,  No.  2.      1858,  No.  1,  §  11. 

Sec.  1109.     Penalty.     The  superintendent  of  education,  an  v.  s.  §  778. 
examiner  of  teachers,  a  town  superintendent,  a  teacher  in  a  pub-i884[  No!  36,  §  1. ' 
lie  school,  or  any  other  person  officially  connected  with  the  di- 


294 


TAKING    LAND   FOR   SCHOOL   PURPOSES.      [Title  11. 


rection  of  such  school,  shall  not,  directly  or  indirectly,  receive 
any  gratuity  or  compensation  for  recommending  or  procuring 
the  adoption  of  a  school  book,  the  purchase  of  school  apparatus, 
furniture  or  other  supplies  to  be  used  in  a  public  school.  A 
person  who  violates  a  provision  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  less  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

CHAPTER  54. 


V.   S.   §   812. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  259 
R.  L.   §  534. 
1878,  No.  112, 

3. 
G.     S.     22,     §§ 

115. 
1860,  No.  3,  §  1. 
1859,  No.  33. 
1857,  No.  58,  §  1. 
33  Vt.  271. 


§§  2 
114 


V.  S.  §  813. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  260. 
R.  L.  §  535. 
1878,  No.  112,  §§  4, 

5. 
43  Vt.  362. 


V.  S.  §  814. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  261. 

R.  L.  §  536. 

1878,  No.  112,  §  6. 

G.  S.  22,  §  114. 

1860,  No.  3,  §  1. 

1857,  No.  58,  §  1. 


V.  S.  §  815. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  262. 
R.  L.  §  537. 
G.  S.  22,  §  116. 
1860,  No.  3,  §  -3. 
1857,  No.  58,  §  3. 


1904,  No.  46,  §  1. 
V.  S.  §  816. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  263. 
R.  L.  §  538. 
G.  S.  22,  §  117. 
1860,  No.  3,  §  4. 


TAKING  LAND   FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES. 

Sec.  1110.  Duties  of  selectmen.  When  the  location  of  a 
school  house  is  determined  and  lands  for  such  school  house  and 
grounds  are  needed,  or  when  a  town  or  district  votes  to  purchase 
additional  lands  for  school  purposes,  if  the  owner  refuses  to 
convey  the  same  to  such  town  or  district  for  a  reasonable  price, 
the  selectmen  of  the  town,  or  the  selectmen  of  a  town  adjoining 
an  unorganized  town  or  gore  in  which  such  district  is  located, 
shall,  on  the  application  of  the  board  of  school  directors  or  the 
prudential  committee,  set  out  the  necessary  lands  and  cause 
the  same  to  be  surveyed,  and  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place  for 
hearing  and  give  notice  thereof  to  the  persons  interested,  either 
personally  or  by  written  notice  left  at  the  residence  of  the 
owner  or  occupant  of  such  lands,  and,  at  such  hearing,  shall  as- 
certain the  damages  sustained  by  said  interested  persons ;  and 
the  damages  agreed  upon  or  assessed  shall  be  paid  or  tendered 
to  said  persons  before  taking  possession  of  the  lands. 

Sec.  1111.  Same.  When  the  selectmen  decide  to  take 
lands,  they  shall,  in  their  order  for  that  purpose,  fix  a  time  and 
notify  the  owner  or  occupant  thereof,  within  which  he  shall  re- 
move his  buildings,  fences,  timber,  wood  or  trees,  which,  in  the 
case  of  enclosed  or  improved  lands,  shall  not,  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  owner,  be  less  than  three  months,  nor  until  compen- 
sation for  damages  to  such  land  is  tendered  or  paid;  and,  if 
they  are  not  removed  within  such  time,  the  selectmen  shall  re- 
move them  at  the  expense  of  the  town  or  district. 

Sec.  1112.  Orders,  proceedings  and  survey  to  be  recorded. 
Orders  and  proceedings  of  the  selectmen,  under  the  provisions 
of  the  two  preceding  sections,  with  the  survey  of  the  land  taken, 
shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  town  in  which 
the  land  lies,  or,  if  in  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  in  the  county 
clerk's  office. 

Sec.  1113.  Reference  of  question  of  damages.  If  the 
owner  of  such  land  does  not  accept  the  damages  awarded  by  the 
selectmen,  the  school  directors  or  prudential  committee  of  such 
town  or  district  may  agree  with  him  to  refer  the  question  of 
damages  to  one  or  more  disinterested  persons,  whose  award  shall 
be  made  in  writing  and  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  1114.  Petition  to  county  court ;  appointment  of  com- 
missioners. If  a  person  interested  in  such  land  is  dissatisfied 
with  the  action  of  the  selectmen  in  locating  and  setting  it  out  or 
with  the  damages  awarded  by  them,  he  may  apply  by  petition  to 


Chap.  55.]  SCHOOL   DISTRICTS.  295 

the  county  court  at  its  next  stated  term,  if  there  is  sufficient  time  1857,  No.  58,  §  4. 

for  notice,  and  if  not,  to  the  succeeding  term ;  and  any  number 

of  persons  aggrieved  may  join  in  the  petition.     The  petition, 

with  a  citation,  shall  be  served  on  the  clerk  of  the  town  or  school 

district,  at  least  twelve  days  before  the  session  of  the  court ;  and 

the  court  shall  appoint  three  disinterested  commissioners,  who 

shall  inquire  into  the  necessity  for  locating  and  setting  out  such 

land  and  as  to  the  amount  of  damages  sustained  by  the  persons 

interested  therein. 

Sec.  1115.     Hearing.     The    commissioners    shall    give    sixipo4,  No.  46,  §  i. 
days'  notice  to  such  clerk  and  to  the  petitioners  of  the  time  andisss,  No.  9,'  §  264. 
place  of  hearing;  and,  when  they  have  completed  their  inquiries,  §;  \§§22,39§§54ii8, 
they  shall  report  to  the  court ;  and,  upon  hearing,  the  court  may  18^f'No.  3,  §§  5,  6. 
accept  or  reject  the  report,  in  whole  or  in  part,  may  make  such  185".  No.  58,  §§  5, 
orders  as  are  necessary  for  locating  and  setting  out  such  land 
and  for  the  removal  of  obstructions  thereon,  may  render  judg- 
ment for  the  petitioners  for  such  damages  as  they  have  severally 
sustained,  may  tax  costs  for  either  party  and  may  award  execu- 
tion in  the  premises. 

Sec.  1116.     Notice  to  mortgagee  or  assignee.     If  lands  so  v.  s.  §  sis. 
required  by  a  town  or  district  are  encumbered  by  mortgage,  such  r.  l!  I  mi. 
town  or  district  shall  cause  the  same  notice  to  be  given  to  the  xwi,  |?0  \l20' 
mortgagee  or  assignee  of  the  mortgage  as  is  required  to  be  given 
to  the  owner;  and  the  damages  agreed  upon,  or  otherwise  deter- 
mined, as  specified  in  this  chapter,  shall  be  paid  to  the  mort- 
gagee or  assignee;  but  if  the  sum  due  on  the  mortgage  is  less 
than  the  damages  awarded,  the  amount  due  on  the  mortgage 
shall  be  paid  to  the  holder  and  the  balance  to  the  owner. 

Sec.  1117.     Title,    when    to     vest.     When    the     damages  v.  s.  §  819. 
finally  awarded  for  lands  so  taken  by  a  town  or  district  are  paid  r.  l!  §  542'. 
to  the  person  entitled  thereto,  title  to  such  lands  shall  vest  in  the  fsei',  No.  §io20' 
town  or  district  for  the  purposes  aforesaid. 


PART  II. 

SPECIAL  PROVISIONS. 

Chapter  55. — School  districts  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores. 

Chapter  56. — Incorporated  school  districts. 

Chapter  57. — School  taxes,  lands  and  buildings. 

Chapter  58. — Fire  drills. 

Chapter  59. — Testing  the  sight  and  hearing  of  pupils. 


CHAPTER  55. 

SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  IN  UNORGANIZED  TOWNS 
AND   GORES. 

Sections  1118-1121. — Organization. 
Sections  1122-1126.— Officers. 


296 


OFFICERS. 


[Title  11, 


Sections  1127,1128. — Application  of  laws. 
Section  1129. — Records. 

Sections  1130, 1131. — Vacancies. 
Sections  1132-1136.— Meetings. 
Section  1137. — Public  money. 

Section  1138. — Commissioner  of  taxes. 


R.  1906,  §  1030. 
V.   S.  §   779. 
1892,  No.  20,  §  1. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  70. 
R.   L.   §  504. 
G.  S.  22,  §  23. 
1845,  No.   35. 


V.   S.   §   780. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  G9. 
R.  L.  §   503. 
G.  S.  22,  §§  22,  24. 
R.   S.   18,   §§  4,   5. 
1827,   No.    23,    §§    7, 

8. 
1813,   p.    154. 
R.  1797,  p.  494,  §  2. 
R.  1787.  p.  136. 
11  Vt.  607. 


V.   S.   §   781. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  70. 


V.   S.   §   782. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  71. 
R.   L.   §  507. 
G.  S.  22,  §§  29,  31. 
R.   S.   18,   §§  7,   8. 
1827,  No.  23,  §  18. 
62    Vt.    176. 


Organization. 

Sec.  1118.  Duties  of  selectmen.  The  selectmen  of  a  town, 
on  application  of  three  voters  in  an  adjoining  unorganized  town 
or  gore,  may  divide  such  unorganized  town  or  gore  into  as  many 
school  districts  as  may  be  needed  and  name  the  same,  and  shall 
organize  them  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  following  section. 

Sec.  1119.  Meetings.  Said  selectmen  shall  call  a  meeting 
in  each  district  by  posting  a  notice  thereof,  specifying  the  time, 
place  and  business  of  the  meeting,  in  two  public  places  in  such 
district,  at  least  seven  days  before  the  time  therein  specified. 
One  of  the  selectmen  shall  preside  at  the  meeting,  until  a  mod- 
erator and  clerk  are  chosen,  when  the  district  shall  be  held  to  be 
organized. 

Sec.  1120.  Record  of  proceedings;  compensation  of  se- 
lectmen. The  selectmen  acting  under  the  preceding  section 
shall  cause  their  doings  to  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk 
of  the  county  in  which  such  unorganized  town  or  gore  is  sit- 
uated, and  shall  receive  reasonable  compensation  from  the 
petitioners. 

Sec.  1121.  District  to  be  a  body  corporate.  A  school  dis- 
trict, legally  organized,  shall  be  a  body  politic  and  corporate, 
with  the  powers  of  a  corporation  for  maintaining  schools  in  such 
district,  and,  by  its  corporate  name,  may  sue  and  be  sued,  and 
may  take,  hold  and  convey  real  and  personal  estate. 


V.  S.  §  783. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  73. 
R.  L.  §  508. 
1872,  No.  12. 
G.  S.  22,  §§  32,  73. 
1861,  No.  11. 
1854,  No.  42. 
R.  S.  18,  §  9. 
1830,  No.  23. 
1827,  No.  23,  §  7. 
1809,  p.  96,  §  1. 
R.  1797,  p.  494,  §  2. 
R.  1787,  p.  136. 
11  Vt.  618. 
20  Vt.  487. 
20  Vt.  495. 
23  Vt.  416. 
32  Vt.  769. 

V.  S.  §  784.  ■ 
1888,  No.  9,  §  74. 
R.  L.  §  509. 
1876,  No.  47,  §  1. 
1868,  No.  33,  §§2,  3 
57  Vt.  31. 

63  Vt.  647. 

64  Vt.  527. 


V.  S.  §  785. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  75. 


Officers. 

Sec.  1122.  Election;  term  of  office.  A  school  district 
shall,  at  its  organization,  and  at  each  annual  meeting  there- 
after, elect  from  among  the  legal  voters  of  such  district  a  mod- 
erator, clerk,  collector,  treasurer,  one  or  three  auditors  and  a 
prudential  committee  of  one  person,  unless  the  district  shall  vote 
to  have  a  prudential  committee  of  three  as  provided  in  the  fol- 
lowing section.  Their  term  of  office  shall  commence  at  the  time 
of  their  election  and  continue  until  their  successors  are  chosen ; 
but  if  the  prudential  committee  is  absent  more  than  three  months 
from  the  district,  his  office  shall  be  deemed  vacant. 

Sec.  1123.  Prudential  committee.  A  school  district  may 
elect  a  prudential  committee  of  three  persons,  one  of  whom  shall 
be  chosen  for  one  year,  one  for  two  years  and  one  for  three 
years ;  and,  until  otherwise  voted,  such  district  shall,  upon  the 
expiration  of  the  term  of  a  member  of  such  committee,  elect  a 
successor  for  three  years,  and  may  fill  a  vacancy. 

Sec.  1124.  Same.  If  such  a  committee  is  elected  at  the 
organization  of  the  district,  and  such  organization  is  not  at  the 


Chap.  55.]  VACANCIES.  .      297 

time  fixed  for  an  annual  school  meeting,  the  time  between  the 
organization  and  the  next  annual  meeting  shall  be  considered 
the  first  year  of  such  terms. 

Sec.  1125.     Discontinuance     of       prudential     committee,  v.  s.  §  786. 
When  the  district  has  voted  to  discontinue  such  committee,  it        '    °*  •'  * 
shall  not  elect  successors  to  the  members  as  their  terms  expire ; 
and  the  remaining  members  or  member  of  such  committee  shall 
be  the  prudential  committee  of  such  district,  until  the  end  of 
the  term  which  is  last  to  expire. 

Sec.  1126.  Moderator.  The  moderator  shall  preside  at  v.  s.  §  788. 
school  district  meetings ;  and,  in  his  absence,  a  moderator  pro  R;  L'.  §  513. 
tempore  shall  be  chosen  to  preside  at  such  meetings.  ^87f  *  I20'  ^ii 

1852.  No.  38,  §  1. 
R.  S.  18,  §  9.  1827,  No.  23,  §  7. 

Application  of  Laws. 

Sec.  1127.  What  laws  to  apply.  The  provisions  of  lawi906,  No.  6_o.  §  1. 
relating  to  the  administration  and  maintenance  of  public  schools,  r.  i6o6°'§  °i039. 
school  meetings  and  voters  therein,  to  raising  and  expending 
school  moneys,  to  sharing  in  state  aid  for  public  school  purposes, 
to  the  election  and  appointment  of  school  officers,  to  elementary 
and  higher  instruction,'  to  transportation,  board  and  attendance 
of  pupils,  to  truancy,  to  the  furnishing  of  text-books  and  appli- 
ances and  to  other  matters  pertaining  to  schools  in  a  town,  shall, 
unless  otherwise  provided,  pertain  to  schools  maintained  and  all 
matters  pertaining  thereto  in  school  districts  in  unorganized 
towns  and  gores. 

Sec.   1128.     Powers,  duties  and  liabilities  of  officers.     TheR.  1906,  §  1040. 
powers,  duties  and  liabilities  of  the  collector,  treasurer,  auditors,    '845. 
prudential  committee  and  clerk  of  a  district  shall  be  like  those  18go2.  N°'    162'    * 
of  a  town  collector,  treasurer,  auditors,  board  of  school  directors  18|^  No-  9>  §§  81> 
and  clerk  of  same,  and  said  clerk  shall  also  perform  the  duties  1884,  No.  34. 
of  a  town  clerk  relative  to  schools.     The  district  collector  or   '514,  G36. 
treasurer  shall,  before  entering  upon  his  duties,  if  required  by  ai87o',  No!  is! 
vote  of  the  district  or  the  prudential  committee,  give  a  bond18!7'  No'  18'  §§ 
to  the  district  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  G'5f'  "'  §§  32'  49' 
duties,  in  such  sum  as  may  be  required;  and,,  if  a  collector  or  1854,  No.  42,  §  1 
treasurer  neglects  for  ten  days  to  give  a  bond  as  required,  his  1827!  No.  23,  §  iij 
office  shall  be  vacant,    r.  1787,  p.  137.     16  vt.  439.        58  vt.  261.  r.  1797,  p.  495,  §  3. 

Records. 

Sec.  1129.     Clerk  to  keep.     The  clerk  shall  keep  a  record  v.  s.  §  789. 
of  the  votes  and  proceedings  of  school  district  meetings  and  given,  l!  §*°5i7'.  §  <9' 
certified  copies  thereof  when  required;  for  a  wilful  neglect  of  if™;  ^a  39! 
such  duty,  he  shall  forfeit  twenty  dollars  to  the  district,  to  be^g-|-  |?j  §3|7§  x 
recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute.  R.  &>  18,'§  10. 

1827,  No.  23,   §  7. 

Vacancies. 

Sec.  1130.  How  filled.  When  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  of- v.  s.  §  798. 
fice  of  collector,  treasurer  or  clerk  of  a  school  district,  or  in  the  r.  l!  §  °5i8. 


298  PUBLIC    MONEY.  [Title  11. 

g86!'  22°'  §335  office  of  Prudential  committee  where  the  committee  consists  of 

1848,  no.  37. '  one  person,  the  district  shall  fill  the  vacancy  at  a  special  meeting. 

26  Vt.  503.  52  Vt.  110. 

1884' No7925  §1  ^  SeC-  1131,  Surrender  of  books  and  papers.  When  a 
school  district  office  becomes  vacant  by  expiration  of  the  term 
of  office  of  the  incumbent,  or  otherwise,  and  a  successor  is 
elected  or  appointed,  said  successor  shall,  on  demand,  be  en- 
titled to  receive  the  books  and  papers  of  such  office  from  the 
last  incumbent  or  anyone  having  the  same  in  his  possession.  A 
person  having  such  books  or  papers  in  his  possession,  who  refuses 
for  ten  days,  after  demand,  to  surrender  the  same  to  said  suc- 
cessor, shall  be  fined  ten  dollars. 

Meetings. 

v.  s.  §  8oo.  Sec.  1132.     When  held.     Annual  school  meetings  of  a  dis- 

1888;  No!  9^  §  89!     trict  shall  be  held  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  March,  and  special 

R.  L.  §  519. 

G.    S.  22,   §§ 

1861,  No.  11.  flip  ^istript 

1858,  No.  2. 


g!  s'.  22,  §§'  41  42  meetings  shall  be  warned  on  the  application  of  three  voters  of 

1861,  No.  11. 

1858,  No.  2. 

1850,  No.  40. 


R.  S.  18,  §  12.     R.  1797,  p.  495,  §  3.  20  Vt.  487.       23  Vt.  416. 
1827,  No.  23,  §  7.  1795,  p.  10,  §  2. 

1888  No8°i3i      i         ^EC*  1133.     Warnings.     Warnings     for     school     meetings 
64  vt.  544.  '    shall  be  recorded  before  being  posted. 

y-s.  §  802  Sec.  1134.     Same.     School  meetings  shall  be  warned  by  the 

1888,  No.  9,  §  90.  .  °  J 

R.  l.  §  521.  clerk,  by  posting  a  notice  thereof,  specifying  the  time,  place  and 

i85i",  No.  28. '  business  of  the  meeting,  in  two  public  places  in  such  district,  at 

?827-,  no.  23,2'§  7      least  seven  days  before  the  time  therein  specified. 

R.  1797,  p.  499,  §'  2. 

R.  1787,  p.  136.      14  Vt.  300.  22  Vt.  309.        48  Vt.  599.        67  Vt.  150. 

16  Vt.  439.  23  Vt.  416.        64  Vt.  527.        67  Vt.  566. 

17  Vt.  337.  43  Vt.  207. 

issf'  no803'  SeC'   1135-     Eligibility    of    voters.     The    moderator    at    a 

92.'      '    '  '  school  meeting,  the  clerk  and  the  members  of  the  prudential 

i88oi  No.  103.  '     committee  shall  decide  all  questions  as  to  the  elegibility  of  a 

1868,'  No'  39  person  to  vote  in  a  school  meeting. 

G.  S.'  22,"  §  29. 

R.  S.  18,  §  7.  1827,  No.  23,  §  7.  35  Vt.  632.         55  Vt.  43.  55  Vt.  62. 

v.  s.  §805.  Sec.  1136.     Neglect  to  warn ;  forfeiture.     If  a  person  whose 

R.  l!  §  520.        '     duty  it  is  to  warn  a  school  district  meeting  neglects  to  do  so  for 

G    S    2^    §  "^S 

R.  s!  is,'  I  26!  ten  days  after  application  made  as  provided  by  law,  he  shall 

46°vt.P9096'  §  2'       forfeit  to  such  district  twenty  dollars  for  each  ten  days'  neglect, 
to  be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute. 

Public  Money. 

v.  s.  §  83i.  Sec.  1137.     District  entitled  to,  when.     If  the  pupils  of  a 

1892|  no.'  20,'  §  6.     district  are  provided  with  twenty-eight  weeks '  instruction  during 

r.  l!  §  °565'.     107'   a  school  year,  whether  such  instruction  is  provided  in  the  school 

life,'  No!  45,'  I  i!     district,  or  in  other  schools  at  the  expense  of  the  district,  such 

district  shall  be  entitled  to  its  share  of  the  public  money  as 

though  a  school  had  been  maintained  in  such  district  and  the 

attendance  had  been  in  such  school. 


Chap.  56.]  INCORPORATED   SCHOOL   DISTRICTS.  299 

Commissioner  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  1138.  Duties.  When  a  child  cannot  conveniently  bei906,  xo.  59,  §§  1, 
accommodated  with  school  privileges  in  an  unorganized  town  or 
gore,  the  commissioner  of  taxes  for  such  unorganized  town  or 
gore  may  assess  a  tax  upon  the  taxable  property  therein,  not 
exceeding  fifty  per  cent,  for  payment  of  tuition,  transportation 
or  board  of  such  child,  and  may  draw  an  order  on  the  county 
treasurer  for  the  payment  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  school- 
ing of  such  child  at  a  school  within  or  without  such  unorganized 
town  or  gore,  provided  such  expense  does  not  exceed  one  and 
one-half  dollars  per  week.  Said  commissioner  shall  perform  all 
the  duties  and  have  all  the  authority  vested  in  school  directors 
and  truant  officers  of  organized  towns. 

CHAPTER  56. 

INCORPORATED   SCHOOL   DISTRICTS. 

Section  1139. — Application  of  laws. 

Section  1140. — Clerk. 

Section  1141. — Collector. 

Sections  1142, 1143. — Change  of  boundaries. 
Sections  1144-1146. — Merger  of  town  and  incorporated  school 
districts. 

Application  of  Laws. 

Sec.  1139.     What  laws  to  apply.     The  provisions  of  law  1906,  No.  60.  r  1. 
relating  to  the  administration  and  maintenance  of  public  schools,  v.  1s°6§§§  729?'  791, 
school  meetings  and  voting  therein,  to  raising  and  expending    f^f;     836'     837, 
school  moneys,  to  sharing  in  state  aid  for  public  schools,  to  the  18^b  No.   102,    §§ 
election  and  appointment  of  school  officers,  to  elementary  andi892,  No.  21,  §  14. 
higher  instruction,  to  transportation,  board  and  attendance  of 
pupils,  to  truancy,  to  the  furnishing  of  text-books  and  appli- 
ances and  to  other  matters  pertaining  to  schools  in  a  town,  shall, 
unless  otherwise  provided,  pertain  to  schools  maintained,  and  all 
matters  pertaining  thereto,  in  incorporated  school  districts ;  and 
the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  the  powers,  duties  and  liabilities 
of  school  officers  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores  shall  apply  to 
such  officers  in  incorporated  districts,  except  that  the  clerk  of 
such  district  shall  not  be  considered  a  town  clerk  for  school 
purposes. 

Clerk. 

Sec.  1140.     Record    of    appointment.     The    district    clerk  v.  s.  §  790. 
shall,  within  ten  days  after  his  election  or  appointment,  give  r88l!  f  517*  §  8 
notice  thereof  to  the  town  clerk;  and,  if  he  fails  so  to  do,  he 
shall  receive  no  compensation  for  making  returns  to  the  town 
clerk's  office. 

Collector. 

Sec.  1141.     Town  collector  may  be.    A  school  district  may  v.  s.  §  787. 
elect  the  collector  of  town  taxes,  although  not  an  inhabitant  of  r.  l!  §°5io'. 


300  MERGER   OF   SCHOOL   DISTRICTS.  [Title  11. 

?86i"  No  §r>3'  the  district'  to  be  collector  of  such  district,  if  he  will  accept  the 

office  in  writing,  and  such  acceptance  shall  be  recorded  by  the 
district  clerk. 

Change  of  Boundaries. 

v.  s.  §  807.  Sec.  1142.     Warning  meeting  to  vote  on.     If  it  appears  to 

the  trustees  or  the  prudential  committee  of  an  incorporated 
school  district  that  the  boundaries  of  such  district  should  be 
changed  by  including  new  territory  within  the  town  in  which 
such  district  is  located,  or  by  excluding  territory  that  is  in  the 
district,  they  may  insert  an  article,  fully  describing  the  pro- 
posed change,  in  the  warning  for  a  regular  or  special  meeting 
of  such  incorporated  district. 

v.  s.  §  807.  _  Sec.  1143.     Duties   of  trustees  or  prudential   committee; 

town  to  vote.  If  a  majority  of  the  voters  at  such  meeting  vote 
to  make  the  proposed  change  in  the  boundaries  of  the  incor- 
porated district,  said  trustees  or  prudential  committee  shall 
notify  the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  such  district  is  located 
of  the  change  so  voted  to  be  made;  whereupon  said  selectmen 
shall  duly  warn  a  meeting  of  the  town,  exclusive  of  such  incor- 
porated district,  setting  forth  in  the  warning  the  vote  of  such 
incorporated  district  and  the  proposed  change  in  its  boundaries ; 
and,  if  a  majority  of  the  voters  at  such  town  meeting  vote  to 
make  the  change,  as  voted  by  the  incorporated  district,  such 
vote,  together  with  all  the  proceedings  regarding  such  change 
of  boundaries,  of  both  the  town  and  incorporated  district,  shall 
be  recorded  in  the  town  clerk's  office,  whereupon  such  change  of 
boundaries  shall  be  established. 

Merger  of  Town  and  Incorporated  School  Districts. 

1906,  No.  58,  §  i.  Sec.  1144.     Incorporated  districts  to  vote  on;  surrender, 

1894!  No.  3i.  when  to  take  effect.     An  incorporated  school  district  may,  by 

a  majority  vote  of  the  legal  voters  present  and  voting  at  any 
meeting  legally  warned,  surrender  its  charter  as  a  corporation 
for  the  maintenance  of  public  schools,  or  such  part  of  its  charter 
as  pertains  to  the  maintenance  of  public  schools.  Such  sur- 
render shall  take  effect  not  later  than  April  first  or  September 
first  following  the  vote  so  taken,  and  such  school  corporation 
shall  cease  to  exist,  and  it  shall  become  thereby  a  part  of  the 
town  school  district  and  subject  to  the  laws  governing  the  main- 
tenance and  administration  of  public  schools. 

1906.  No.  58,  §  2.  Sec.  1145.  Town  district  to  vote  on;  merger,  when  to 
take  effect.  A  town  district  may,  by  a  majority  vote  of  the 
legal  voters  present  and  voting  at  any  meeting  legally  warned, 
become  a  part  of  an  incorporated  district,  provided  the  incor- 
porated district,  at  a  meeting  legally  warned,  votes  to  accept 
such  merger.  Such  merger  shall  take  effect  April  first  or  Sep- 
tember first  following  the  vote  so  taken.  When  such  a  merger 
has  occurred,  the  incorporated  district  shall  be  considered  a 
town  in  all  respects  pertaining  to  the  maintenance  and  admin- 
istration of  its  public  schools. 

1906,  No.  58,  §  3.         Sec.  1146.     Settlement  of  business  affairs.     In  case  of  a 


Chap.  57.]  SCHOOL   TAXES. 

union  of  an  incorporated  district  and  a  town  district  under  either 
of  the  two  preceding  sections,  each  district  shall  settle  its  own 
business  affairs  and  pay  all  its  indebtedness,  except  for  repairs 
and  new  buildings,  shall  deposit  its  records  with  the  town  clerk, 
and  shall  no  longer  exist  except  for  the  settlement  of  its  own 
pecuniary  affairs. 

CHAPTER  57. 

SCHOOL  TAXES,  LANDS  AND  BUILDINGS. 

Sections  1147-1155.— Taxes. 

Sections  1156-1159. — Lands  and  buildings. 

Taxes. 

Sec.  1147.     Grand  list.     The  grand  list  of  a  school  district  v.  s.  §838. 
shall  be  made  up  of  the  ratable  polls  and  real  and  personal  estate R888'.  §063o. §  200' 

therpin  1864,  No.  61. 

inerein.  G   g;  22>  §§  4_  47> 

50 
R.  S.  18,  §§  15,  16,  1824,  p.  10,  §  2.     R.  1787,  p.  137.    37  Vt.  196.    185o!  No.  44. 
18.         .     R.  1797,  pp.  495,  31  Vt.  337.        43  Vt.  123.    1849,  No.  16. 
1833,  No.  19,  §  2.     496,  §§  3,  4.      32  Vt.  769.        56  Vt.  562. 
1827,  No.  23,  §  11.   1795,  p.  9. 

Sec.  1148.     District  may  raise  tax.     A  school  district  may  v.  s.  §  839. 
by  vote  raise  a  tax  upon  its  grand  list  for  the  support  of  schools  j68vt.N5629'  §  201* 
therein,  and  all  expenses  incurred  by  a  district  for  the  support59  vt  313- 
of  schools  in  excess  of  the  public  money  received  shall  be  so 
defrayed. 

Sec.  1149.     Prudential   committee   to   assess   tax;    collec-v.  s.  §§  840,  845. 
tion.     The   prudential   committee   shall   assess    a   tax   for   the  18|o7  No-  9'  §§  202' 
amount  voted  to  be  raised  and  make  out  a  rate  bill  of  the  same.  q\  §;  li^iT^i 
A  justice  of  the  county  in  which  such  district  is  situated  shall,  ?a  £•  *?'  Ifo1^,1?; 

.  '  1-O.il,   ISO.    Z6,    %%    11, 

on  application,  make  out  a  warrant  directed  to  the  district  col-     12- 
lector,  authorizing  and  requiring  him  to  levy  and  collect  suchR*  1787,  p.  137. 
tax  within  the  time  limited  in  such  warrant  and  pay  the  same  23  vt'.  4ie! 
to  the  district  treasurer.     Said  committee  shall  have  the  same  I!  vt!  769! 
authority  to   enforce   collection   and  payment   of  such  tax   as  34  y£  94,6 
selectmen  have  in  enforcing  collection  and  payment  of  town  |°  vt.  3L 
taxes.  59  Vt.'  313! 

Sec.  1150.     Duties  of  collector;  forfeiture.    A  district  col- v.  s.  §  846. 
lector  shall,  on  the  written  request  of  one  of  the  prudential  com- ifff ;  ^;  %*  208' 
mittee,  pay  to  the  district  treasurer  moneys  belonging  to  the  ^4-  f^3^    ,*  9 
district  collected  by  him  to  that  time,  and  submit  his  tax-book     3- ' 
and  list  to  said  treasurer  for  inspection  and  computation;  and, 
if  a  collector  neglects  so  to  do  for  ten  days  after  receiving  such 
request,  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  district  one  hundred  dollars,  to 
be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute,  and  his  office  shall  be 
vacant. 

Sec.  1151.     Deductions.    A  district  may,   at  the  time   of  v.  s.  §  84i. 
voting  a  tax,  direct  the  collector  to  deduct  a  per  cent  fixed  by  R88£;  §  °632. §  2°3" 
the  vote,  from  the  tax  of  a  person  paying  before  the  day  fixed. 1874,  Na  14- 

Sec.  1152.     Notice  of  time  of  payment.     The  collector  of  a  v.  s.  §  842. 
tax  from  which  a  deduction  may  be  made  as  provided  in  the  r888;  f  632'.  §  2°4* 
preceding  section  shall  appoint  a  day  within  the  time  limited,  at 


302 


LANDS    AND    BUILDINGS. 


[Title  11. 


V.   S.  §  843. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  205. 
R.  L.  §  633. 
G.  S.  22,  §  46. 
1844,  No.   6. 


V.  S.  §   844. 

1890,  No.  5,  §  2. 

1888,  No.  9,  §  206. 

R.   L.  §  635. 

1878,  No.  123. 


a  place  within  the  district,  when  and  where  he  will  receive  such 
tax,  and  shall  post  a  notice  thereof  in  three  public  places  in  the 
district  and  publish  the  same  in  each  newspaper  printed  in  such 
district,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  appointed,  and  shall 
attend  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  to  receive  payment  of 
such  tax. 

Sec.  1153.  Omission  of  names  from  tax-bill;  abatement. 
A  district  may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  direct  the  prudential  com- 
mittee to  omit,  in  making  up  the  tax-bill,  the  names  of  such  per- 
sons as  are  unable  to  pay  their  proportion  of  the  tax ;  and  a  dis- 
trict may,  by  two-thirds  vote,  remit  or  make  abatement  of  a  tax 
to  an  amount  not  exceeding  five  per  cent  of  such  tax. 

Sec.  1154.  Board  of  abatement ;  meetings.  The  officers  of 
a  school  district,  except  the  collector,  shall  be  a  board  for  the 
abatement  of  district  taxes ;  and  said  board  shall  have  the  same 
power  which  the  board  for  the  abatement  of  town  taxes  has  in 
the  abatement  of  town  taxes.  A  majority  of  said  board  shall 
constitute  a  quorum.  The  prudential  committee,  on  request  of 
the  collector,  shall  call  a  meeting  of  said  board  in  the  month  of 
March  in  each  year,  previous  to  the  annual  school  meeting,  by 
posting  a  notice  thereof  in  three  public  places  in  such  district 
at  least  five  days  before  such  meeting. 

Sec.  1155.  Execution  against  district,  payment  of.  When 
a  demand  is  made  upon  a  school  district  for  the  payment  of  an 
execution  issued  against  it  and  the  district  has  no  available 
funds  to  pay  the  same,  the  prudential  committee  shall  forthwith 
assess  and  have  collected  a  tax  sufficient  to  pay  such  execution 
and  the  charges  and  twelve  per  cent  interest,  in  the  same  manner 
as  a  tax  voted  by  the  district  is  assessed  and  collected. 

Lands  and  Buildings. 

v.  s.  808.           _  Sec.  1156.     Tax  for.     A  school  district  may  raise  a  tax  on 

r.  l!  §  °525.     ~    '  its  grand  list  to  purchase  or  hire  lands  or  buildings  for  school 

g87s.'  22?'  ^43.  purposes,  and  to  build,  repair  or  furnish  school  houses  as  may 

?827-,  No. §23 3§  io  De  needed  f or  such  district. 

R.  179*7,  p.  495,  §  3. 

1795,  p.  9.  R.  1787,  p.  137.  61  Vt.  96. 


V.  S.  §  847. 
1888,  No.  9,  §  209. 
R.  L.  §  679. 
G.  S.  85,  §  14. 
R.  S.  78,  §  11. 
R.  1797,  p.  301,  §  5. 
R.  1787,  p.  31. 


V.  s. 

§  809. 

1888, 

No.  9,  § 

R.  L. 

§  543. 

G.  S. 

22,  §  44, 

R.  S, 

18,  §  14. 

1827, 

No.  23, 

V.  S. 

§  810. 

1888, 

No.  9,  § 

R.  L. 

§  526. 

G.  S. 

22,  §  44. 

V.  S. 

§  811. 

1888, 

No.  9,  § 

R.  L. 

§  526. 

G.  S. 

22,  §  44. 

R.  S. 

18,  §  14. 

1827, 

No.  23, 

14. 

246 


§  10 


248 


M<>. 


Sec.  1157.  Special  committee.  A  district  may  elect  a 
special  committee  to  purchase  or  hire  lands  or  buildings  for 
school  purposes,  to  superintend  the  building  or  repairing  of 
school  houses,  or  to  procure  necessary  furnishings  therefor. 

Sec.  1158.  Location  of  school  houses.  A  district  provid- 
ing for  a  school  house  may,  at  the  same  time,  determine  its 

location.  R.  S.  18,  §  14.  1827,  No.  23,  §§  10, 14. 

Sec.  1159.     Same.     If  a  district  fails  to  determine  such  lo- 
cation, the  selectmen  of  the  town,  or  the  selectmen  of  a  town 
adjoining  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  in  which  such  district  is 
10-  located,  may,  upon  application  of  the  board  of  school  directors 
or  prudential  committee,  determine  such  location. 


Chap.  59.]  SIGHT   AND   HEARING   OF   PUPILS.  303 

CHAPTER'  58. 
FIRE  DRILLS. 

Sec.  1160.  Pupils  to  be  drilled,  when.  The  principal  onao4,  No.  47,  §§  1, 
person  in  charge  of  a  public  or  private  school  or  educational 
institution,  other  than  a  university  or  college,  having  more  than 
fifty  pupils,  shall  drill  such  pupils  so  that  they  may  be  able  to 
leave  the  school  building  in  the  shortest  possible  time  and  with- 
out panic  or  confusion.  Such  drills  shall  be  held  once  in  each 
month,  when  such  school  or  educational  institution  is  in  session. 

Sec.  1161.     Penalty  for  neglect  to  hold.     A  principal  ori904,  No.  47,  §  2. 
person  in  charge  of  such  a  school  or  institution  who  wilfully 
neglects  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty  dollars  nor  less  than  five 
dollars. 

Sec.  1162.     This   chapter   to   be   published.    A  board   of  1904,  No.  47,  §  3. 
school  directors,  trustees  or  other  body  or  person  having  control 
of  a  school  shall  cause  a  copy  of  this  chapter  to  be  printed  in 
the  manual  or  hand-book  prepared  for  the  guidance  of  teachers, 
where  such  manual  is  in  use  or  may  hereafter  come  in  use. 

CHAPTER  59. 
TESTING  THE   SIGHT  AND   HEARING   OF  PUPILS. 

Sec.  1163.  Equipment.  The  state  board  of  health  and  the  1904,  No.  45,  §  1. 
superintendent  of  education  shall  prepare  suitable  test  cards, 
blanks,  record  books  and  other  needed  apparatus  to  be  used  in 
testing  the  sight  and  hearing  of  pupils  in  public  schools,  and  the 
necessary  instruction  for  their  use ;  and  said  superintendent  shall 
furnish  the  same  free  of  charge  to  every  public  school. 

Sec.  1164.  Tests.  The  town  superintendent,  principal  or  1904,  No.  45,  §  1. 
teacher  of  a  public  school  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember, test  the  sight  and  hearing  of  every  pupil  in  such  school, 
and  keep  a  record  of  such  examination  according  to  the  instruc- 
tions furnished,  and  shall  notify  in  writing  the  parent  or  guard- 
ian of  a  pupil  who  is  found  to  have  a  defect  of  vision  or  hearing 
or  a  disease  of  the  eyes  or  ears,  with  a  brief  statement  of  such 
defect  or  disease,  and  shall  also  report  such  examination  to  the 
superintendent  of  education. 

Sec.  1165.  Appropriation.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  1904,  No.  45,  §  2. 
draw  an  order  for  such  sums  and  at  such  times  as  the  superin- 
tendent of  education,  with  the  approval  of  the  state  board  of 
health,  may  require  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter; 
but  the  total  amount  so  drawn  shall  not  exceed  six  hundred  dol- 
lars in  any  biennial  term  ending  June  thirtieth. 


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INSTRUCTION  OF  THE  DEAF  AND  DUMB.     [Title  11. 

PART  III. 


MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

Chapter  60. — Instruction  of  the  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic, 
feeble-minded  and  epileptic  children. 

Chapter  61. — University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural 
College  and  Middlebury  College. 

Chapter  62. — Norwich  University. 


1906,  No.  55,  §  1. 
V.  S.  §  854. 
R.  L.  §  680. 
1872,  No.  19. 
G.  S.  23,  §  1. 
1842,  No.  16,  §  1. 
R.  S.  19,  §  1. 


V.  S.  §  855. 
R.  L.  §  681. 
1872,  No.  19.  §  7. 
G.  S.  23,  §§  8,  9. 
1845,  No.  15.  §  2. 
1842,  No.  16,  §§  3 

4. 
R.  S.  19,  §§  7,  8. 

1906,  No.  55,  §  2. 
1904,  No.  51,  §  1. 
1898,  No.  30,  §  1. 
V.  S.  §  856. 
R.  L.  §  682. 
1874,  No.  61. 
1872,  No.  19,  §  1. 
1869,  No.  12. 
G.  S.  23,  §  2. 
1861,  No.  34. 


1898,  No.  29,  §  1. 

V.  S.  §  857. 

1892,  No.  27,  §  1. 

R.  L.  §  683. 

1872,  No.  19,  §  2. 

1868,  No.  40. 

G.  S.  23,  §  3. 

R.  S.  19,  §  3. 
1833,  No.  21,  §  2. 

1825,  No.  31,  §  2. 


CHAPTER  60. 

INSTRUCTION    OF    THE    DEAF,    DUMB,    BLIND, 
IDIOTIC,  FEEBLE-MINDED  AND  EPILEP- 
TIC CHILDREN. 

Sec.  1166.  Governor  to  be  commissioner.  The  governor 
shall  be,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  commissioner  of  the  deaf,  dumb, 
blind,  idiotic,  feeble-minded  or  epileptic  children  of  indigent 
parents,  and,  as  such  commissioner,  shall  constitute  the  board 
for  their  instruction.      is33,  No.  21,  §  2.    1825,  No.  31,  §  2. 

Sec.  1167.  Governor  to  make  report;  compensation.  The 
governor  shall  biennially  report  to  the  general  assembly  his 
doings  under  this  chapter,  with  an  account  of  the  expenditures, 
and  shall  receive  fifty  dollars  annually  for  his  services  as  such 
commissioner.     1826,  No.  52.  1825,  No.  31,  §  2. 

Sec.  1168.  Appropriation.  A  sum  not  exceeding  twenty 
thousand  dollars  is  annually  appropriated  for  the  benefit  of  the 
deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic,  feeble-minded  or  epileptic  children 
of  indigent  parents  to  be  used  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter. 


r.  s.  19,  §  2. 


1833,  No.  21,  §  1.  1830,  No.  27. 


1825,  No.  31,  §  1. 


1906,  No.  55,  §  3. 
V.  S.  §  858. 
R.  L.  §  684. 
1872,  No.  19,  §  3. 
G.  S.  23,  §  4. 
1841,  No.  22,  §  2. 
R.  S.  19,  §  4. 
1833,  No.  21,  §  3. 
1825,  No.  31,  §  3. 


Sec.  1169.  Institutions  for  instruction.  The  beneficiaries 
specified  in  this  chapter  shall  be  instructed  in  the  following  insti- 
tutions: the  deaf  and  dumb  at  the  American  Asylum  for  the 
education  of  the  deaf  and  dumb  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  the 
Clark  School  for  the  Deaf  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  or  the 
Mystic  Oral  School  at  Mystic,  Connecticut;  the  blind  at  the  New 
England  Institute  for  the  Instruction  of  the  Blind  at  Boston, 
Massachusetts;  and  the  idiotic  or  feeble-minded  children  at  the 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Idiotic  and  Feeble-Minded  Youth 
at  Boston,  or  at  such  other  institutions  of  like  nature  as  the 
governor  shall  select. 

Sec.  1170.  Board  of  civil  authority  to  furnish  information. 
The  board  of  civil  authority  in  a  town  shall  ascertain  and  certify 
to  the  county  clerk,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February,  an- 
nually, the  number  of  deaf  and  dumb  persons  and  the  number 
of  blind  and  epileptic  persons  in  such  town,  their  ages,  condi- 
tions and  circumstances,  and  the  ability  of  their  parents  to  edu- 
cate them,  the  names  of  all  idiotic  or  feeble-minded  children  be- 


Chap.  60.]     INSTRUCTION  OF  THE  DEAF  AND  DUMB.  305 

tween  the  ages  of  five  and  fourteen  years  residing  in  such  town 
and  the  pecuniary  ability  and  circumstances  of  their  parents  qr 
the  persons  bound  to  support  them,  and  whether,  in  the  opinion 
of  said  board,  the  persons  named  are  proper  subjects  for  the 
charity  of  the  state,  and  whether  they  and  their  parents  or 
guardians  are  willing  that  they  should  become  beneficiaries  of 
any  of  the  institutions  provided  for  the  instruction  of  such 
persons. 

Sec.  1171.     County    clerks    to    make    returns.     A    county  v.  s.  §  859. 
clerk  shall  annually,  before  the  first  day  of  March,  make  return  1872',  no.  16,  §  4. 
to  the  governor  of  the  information  he  receives  from  the  several  ^g4f *  ff^  §2f,'  §  2. 
boards  of  civil  authority  in  his  county.  1825,  No.  31,  §  3.     Rg3|-  ^  §2^-  „  3 

Sec.  1172.     Duties   of   commissioner.     The   governor  mayi906,  No.  55,  §  4. 
designate  beneficiaries,  may  direct  the  auditor  of  accounts  to  R;  L;  |  686! 
draw  orders  for  any  part  of  the  appropriation  provided  for  in  q87|;  23°-  §193.  §  °* 
this  chapter,  may  superintend  and  direct  all  concerns  relating  i||2,  No.  16,  §  1. 
to  the  education  of  the  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic,  feeble-minded  R-S.'  19,  §  ?. 
or  epileptic  children,  inhabitants  of  the  state,  and  may  allow  all  is25!  No!  si,  §  2! 
or  any  portion  of  the  expense  of  their  conveyance  to  and  support 
in  the  institutions  in  which  they  are  instructed,  for  such  time 
as  he  deems  proper ;  and  he  may,  in  his  discretion,  take  bonds  to 
indemnify  the  state   against  expenses  which  accrue   in   conse- 
quence of  the  sickness,   clothing  or  transportation  of  a  bene- 
ficiary. 

Sec.  1173.     Selectmen  to  give  bond.     The  selectmen  of  theiooe,  xo.  55,  §  5. 
several  towns  may  execute  in  their  official  capacity  in  behalf  of  R;  £".  §  687! 
their  respective  towns,  without  a  previous  vote,  the  bond  which1880,  No-  124- 
may  be  required  to  be  given  by  the  town  to  indemnify  the  state 
against  expenses  which  may  accrue  in  consequence  of  the  sick- 
ness, clothing  or  transportation  of  the  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic, 
feeble-minded  or  epileptic  beneficiaries  from  such  town. 

Sec.  1174.     Towns    to    defray    expense    of    conveyance,  v.  s.  §  862. 
When  a  person  is  designated  a  beneficiary,  the  town  in  which  ^72  n06819,  §  6. 
he  resides  shall  defray  the  expenses  of  his  conveyance  to  and  ^85|-  |^  §37- 
from  the  institution  in  which  he  is  to  be  instructed,  if,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  selectmen,  his  parent  or  guardian  is  not  able  to 
pay  the  same. 

Sec.  1175.  Instruction  within  the  state.  The  governor  1906,  No.  56,  §  1. 
may  designate  one  or  more  blind  or  deaf  and  dumb  beneficiaries,  Jssf,  ho.6sb,  §  1. 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  who  may  receive  his  edu- 
•  cation  within  this  state,  when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  governor, 
adequate  advantages  exist  for  proper  instruction  and  the  public 
good  will  be  subserved  thereby,  notwithstanding  such  beneficiary 
is  over  fourteen  years  of  age. 

Sec.  1176.  Same.  The  governor  shall  allow  from  the  gen-1906,  No.  56,  §  2. 
eral  appropriation  for  the  benefit  of  such  person  a  sum  equal  to  7ss4,  No8639,  §  2 
the  amount  paid  for  a  single  beneficiary  at  any  of  the  insti- 
tutions for  the  education  of  such  beneficiaries  mentioned  in  the 
seventh  preceding  section ;  and,  upon  receiving  a  certificate  from 
the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  such  person  resides  that  a 
proper  course  of  study  has  been  pursued,  he  may  direct  the 
20 


2. 


306  SCHOLARSHIPS.  [Title  11. 

auditor  of  accounts  to  draw  orders  in  quarterly  installments  in 
favor  of.  the  person  whom  he  shall  designate  for  the  payment 
of  such  sum. 
1906,  No.  57,  §§  l,  Sec.  1177.  Appropriation  for  instruction  after  return 
from  institutions.  Twenty-five  hundred  dollars  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated for  the  benefit  of  the  beneficiaries  named  in  this 
chapter,  to  be  expended  by  the  governor  in  his  discretion,  for 
the  care,  education  and  training  of  such  beneficiaries  after  they 
have  been  discharged  from  the  institutions  in  which  they  have 
been  kept  as  subjects  of  state  charity.  The  governor  may  make 
contracts  with  any  person,  association  or  corporation  for  carry- 
ing out  the  provisions  of  this  section,  and  may  direct  the  auditor 
of  accounts  to  draw  orders  for  any  part  of  the  appropriation 
herein  provided. 

CHAPTER  61. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  VERMONT  AND  STATE  AGRICUL- 
TURAL COLLEGE,  AND  MIDDLEBURY 
COLLEGE. 

Sections  1178-1180. — Appropriations. 
Sections  1181-1184. — Scholarships. 

Appropriations. 

r.  1906,  §  loss.  Sec.   1178.     Amounts.     The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw 

1892,  No8625,8§§'  i,  orders  in  favor  of  the  respective  treasurers  of  the  institutions 
18|-6  No  73  §  7  named  and  for  the  amounts  stated  in  this  section:  University 
of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College,  six  thousand  dol- 
lars; Middlebury  College,  twenty-four  hundred  dollars.  One- 
half  of  each  appropriation  shall  be  payable  on  the  first  day  of 
July  and  the  other  half  on  the  first  day  of  January,  annually, 
v.  s.  §  867.  Sec.   1179.     University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural 

1892,  No.  25,  §  i.  c0iiege>  Three  thousand  and  six  hundred  dollars  of  the 
amount  appropriated  in  favor  of  the  University  of  Vermont  and 
State  Agricultural  College  shall  be  annually  expended  by  such 
institution  in  providing  instruction  in  branches  relating  to  the 
industrial  arts;  and  twenty-four  hundred  dollars,  annually,  in 
paying  the  tuition  and  incidental  college  charges  of  thirty  stu- 
dents appointed  in  the  manner  provided  in  this  chapter. 
v.  s.  §  868.  Sec.  1180.     Middlebury    College.     The    appropriation    in 

1892,  No.  25,  §  2.  £avor  0f  Middlebury  College  shall  be  annually  expended  by  such 
institution  in  paying  the  tuition  and  incidental  college  charges' 
of  thirty  .  students  appointed  in  the  manner  provided  in  this 
chapter. 

Scholarships. 

1898,  No.  3i,  §§  2,      Sec.  1181.     Senators  to  make  appointments.     Each  sena- 

v;3's.  §§  870,  87i,  tor  in  the  general  assembly  shall,  in  each  odd  year,  designate  and 

18927  No.  25,  §§  i,  appoint  one  student  to  each  of  the  institutions  named  in  the 

3- '  third  preceding  section ';  and  the  scholarship  thus  created  shall 

be  for  a  period  of  two  years.     A  vacancy  in  a  scholarship  shall 


Chap.  62.]  SCHOLARSHIPS.  307 

be  filled  by  the  senator  who  made  the  appointment  vacated,  or 
by  his  successor  in  office.  If  a  senator  fails  to  appoint  to  such 
scholarship  before  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  following 
the  expiration  of  the  appointment  made  by  his  predecessor,  after 
notice  from  the  officers  of  such  institution  of  such  expiration  and 
vacancy,  the  officers  of  such  institution  shall  designate  and 
appoint  a  student  to  such  scholarship. 

Sec.  1182.     Appointments,     where     made.     Appointments  v.  s.  §  871. 

.        1892    No    25    §  1 

shall  be  made  from  the  county  represented-  by  the  senator  making 
the  appointment,  provided  a  suitable  candidate  shall  apply  there- 
for, otherwise  from  any  part  of  the  state. 

Sec.  1183.  Appointments  to  University  of  Vermont  and  v.  s.  §  873. 
State  Agricultural  College.  In  making  appointments  to  the 
University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College,  pref- 
erence shall  be  given  to  candidates  for  the  agricultural  and  in- 
dustrial department.  If,  at  any  time,  there  are  not  thirty  suit- 
able applicants  for  such  department,  the  appointment  may  be 
to  any  other  department  of  such  institution. 

Sec.  1184.  Appointments,  how  made  when  vacancy  ini906,  No.  oi,  §  l. 
senatorship.  "Whenever  there  is  a  vacancy  in  a  senatorship,  the 
other  senator  or  senators  of  the  county  in  which  the  vacancy 
exists,  if  there  is  any  other  senator  from  such  county,  or,  in  case 
there  is  none,  the  governor,  may  appoint  and  designate  persons 
for  scholarships  in  the  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agri- 
cultural College  and  Middlebury  College,  to  the  same  number 
and  in  the  same  way  that  the  incumbent  of  such  senatorship 
might,  if  there  were  no  vacancy. 

CHAPTER  62. 

NORWICH  UNIVERSITY. 

Section  1185. — Military  College  of  the  State  of  "Vermont. 

Sections  118G-1188. — Scholarships. 

Sections  1189, 1190. — Appropriations. 

Sections  1191, 1192. — Board  of  visitors. 

Military  College  of  the  State  of  Vermont. 

Sec.  1185.  Recognized  as;  rank  of  faculty.  Norwich  Uni-1900,  No.  81,  §  i. 
versity  is  hereby  recognized  as  the  Military  College  of  the  State 
of  Vermont;  and  its  faculty  shall  have  local  rank  as  follows: 
assistant  professors,  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant;  professors 
for  the  first  five  years  of  service,  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant,  for 
the  second  five  years,  the  rank  of  captain,  after  ten  years  of  ser- 
vice, the  rank  of  major,  after  twenty  years,  the  rank  of  lieu- 
tenant-colonel ;  and  the  president  shall  have  the  rank  of  colonel ; 
all  without  pay  from  the  state. 

Scholarships. 

Sec.  1186.     Senators  to  make  appointments.     Each  senator  1898,  No.  31,  §§  2, 
in  the  general  assembly  shall,  in  each  odd  year,  designate  and  v.  s.  §  871. 
appoint  one  student  to  such  institution,  who  shall  be  a  resident1892,  No'  2o'  §  *• 


308  APPROPRIATIONS.  [Title  11. 

of  the  county  represented  by  the  senator  making  the  appoint- 
ment, provided  a  suitable  candidate  shall  apply  therefor,  other- 
wise from  any  part  of  the  state ;  and  a  scholarship  thus  created 
shall  be  for  a  period  of  two  years.  A  vacancy  in  a  scholarship 
shall  be  filled  by  the  senator  who  made  the  appointment  vacated, 
or  by  his  successor  in  office ;  and,  if  a  senator  fails  to  appoint  to  a 
scholarship  before  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  following 
the  expiration  of  the  appointment  made  by  his  predecessor,  after 
notice  from  the  officers  of  such  institution  of  a  vacancy,  such 
officers  shall  designate  and  appoint  a  student  to  such  scholarship. 

1904,  No.  52,  §§  i,  Sec.  1187.  Scholarships  for  four  years.  For  a  period  of 
ten  years,  each  senator  in  the  general  assembly  shall  annually,  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  designate  and  appoint  two  candi- 
dates, residents  of  his  county,  as  a  principal  and  alternate  for  a 
scholarship  covering  tuition  for  four  years  in  such  institution. 
Upon  notification  by  the  president  of  such  institution,  said  prin- 
cipal shall  present  himself  to  the  proper  board  of  such  insti- 
tution for  examination ;  and,  in  case  of  his  failure,  his  alternate 
shall  be  likewise  examined;  and,  if,  for  any  reason,  a  senator 
fails  to  designate  and  appoint  a  candidate,  or  if  both  principal 
and  alternate  fail  to  pass  the  required  examinations,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  university  may,  in  his  discretion,  appoint  one  to  fill 
such  vacancy,  the  appointee  to  be  selected  from  properly  quali- 
fied applicants  for  admission,  and  from  the  county  having  the 
vacancy,  if  possible. 

1906,  No.  6i,  §  i.  Sec.  1188.  Appointments,  how  made  when  vacancy  in 
senatorship.  Whenever  there  is  a  vacancy  in  a  senatorship,  the 
other  senator  or  senators  of  the  county  in  which  the  vacancy 
exists,  if  there  is  any  other  senator  from  such  county,  or,  in  case 
there  is  none,  the  governor,  may  appoint  and  designate  persons 
for  scholarships  in  Norwich  University  to  the  same  number  and 
in  the  same  way  that  the  incumbent  of  such  senatorship  might, 
if  there  were  no  vacancy. 

Appropriations. 

r.  1906,  §  1097.  Sec.   1189.     Amounts.     The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw 

1904,  No.  52,  §§  4,  ^  or(jer  m  favor  0f  sucn  institution  for  the  sum  of  six  thou- 
v89!  N§s  lis §  866  sand-  dollars ;   of  which  sum,  three  thousand  dollars  shall  be 
i892%o  26  s  i    '  Payable  to  tne  treasurer  of  such  institution  on  the  first  day  of 
July  and  January,  semi-annually.     Such  appropriation  shall  be 
expended  in  providing  thirty  scholarships  to  be  filled  as  hereto- 
fore provided,  and  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  its  charter ; 
and  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  on  the  first  day  of  July  and  Janu- 
ary, the  auditor  of  accounts  shall  also  draw  orders  in  favor  of  the 
treasurer  of  such  institution  for  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars,  which  shall  be  applied  to  the  improvement  of  the  depart- 
ment of  engineering  in  the  following  manner:  one-fifth  for  the 
purchase  of  needed  instruments,  appliances  and  apparatus,  and 
four-fifths  to  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  professors  in  such 
department. 
r.  1906,  §  1098.  Sec.  1190.     Accounts.     All  moneys  paid  such  institution  by 


Chap.  63.]       BOARD   OF   LIBRARY   COMMISSIONERS.  309 

the  state  treasurer  shall  be  kept  in  a  separate  and  independent  v.  s.  §  874. 

1892,  No.  26,  §  3. 

account. 

Board  of  Visitors. 

Sec.  1191.  Appointment.  The  governor  shall  biennially,  1898,  xo.  33,  §  l. 
during  the  session  of  the  general  assembly,  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  senate,  appoint  four  persons,  who,  with  the  super- 
intendent of  education,  shall  constitute  a  board  of  visitors  to 
Norwich  University,  whose  term  of  office  shall  commence  on  the 
first  day  of  December  following  their  appointment  and  continue 
until  their  successors  are  appointed.  The  governor  shall  fill  a 
vacancy  occurring  in  said  board. 

Sec.  1192.  Duties.  Said  board  shall  visit  and  inspect  suchi898,  No.  33,  §§  2, 
institution  at  such  times  as  it  sees  fit,  and  shall  report  the  result 
of  such  inspection  and  the  manner  of  the  expenditure  of  all 
moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  to  such  institution,  to  the 
governor,  who  shall  transmit  the  same  to  the  next  general  as- 
sembly. The  members  of  said  board,  with  the  exception  of  the 
superintendent  of  education,  shall  each  receive  three  dollars  per 
day  and  expenses  for  time  spent  in  such  service,  not  to  exceed 
five  days  in  each  year.  Such  sum  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer 
of  such  institution. 


PART  IV. 
PUBLIC  LIBRARIES. 


CHAPTER  63. 

ESTABLISHMENT  OF  PUBLIC  LIBRARIES. 

Sections  1193-1197. — Board  of  library  commissioners. 

Sections  1198-1200.— Towns. 

Sections  1201-1203. — Traveling  libraries. 

Sections  1204-1210. — Incorporation  of  libraries. 

Sections  1211-1217. — Town  and  village  libraries. 

Sections  1218-1220. — Libraries  entitled  to  certain  documents. 

Board  of  Library  Commissioners. 

Sec.  1193.  Appointment;  vacancies.  A  board  of  five  per- v.  s.  §  875. 
sons,  residents  of  the  state,  one  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  an- 
nually by  the  governor  and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  five 
years,  shall  constitute  a  state  board  of  library  commissioners. 
The  governor  shall  designate  the  chairman  of  and  fill  all  va- 
cancies in  said  board. 

Sec.  1194.     Advice  given  by.     The  librarian  or  trustees  of  1898,  No.  138,  §  13. 
a  free  public  library  may  ask  said  board  for  advice  in  regard  1894',  No.  37,  §  2. 
to  the  selection  and  cataloguing  of  books  and  any  other  matters 
pertaining  to  the  maintenance  or  administration  of  a  library, 
and  said  board  shall  give  such  advice  in  regard  to  such  matters 


310  TOWNS.  [Title  11. 

as  it  shall  find  practicable.     Said  board  shall  biennially  make  a 
report  of  its  doings  to  the  general  assembly,  at  the  expense  of 
the  state. 
v.  s.  §  877.  Sec.  1195.     Provide  books  for  public  libraries.     Said  board 

'    °"  shall,  upon  the  application  of  the  board  of  library  trustees  of  a 

town  without  a  free  public  library  owned  and  controlled  by  such 
town,  expend  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  books 
for  such  town.  Such  books  shall  be  used  by  said  trustees  for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  a  free  public  library,  and  the  state 
board  of  library  commissioners  shall  select  and  purchase  books 
so  provided. 
r.  1906,  §  1107.  Sec.  1196.     Compensation;  expenditures.     No    member   of 

1902!  No!  It',  1  i!     the  state  board  of  library  commissioners,  except  its  secretary, 
189|,  Na.gi38,  §  13.  g^jj  reCeive  compensation.     Said  board  may  expend  not  exceed- 
1894,  No.  37,  §  6.     jng  fourteen  hundred  dollars,  annually,  for  necessary  expenses 
in  the  discharge  of  its  duties,  including  expenses  for  the  trans- 
portation of  books,  and  exclusive  of  the  necessary  expense  of 
making  its  report  to  the  general  assembly.     Not  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars  of  the  above  sum  may  be  used  for  the  employ- 
ment and  expenses  of  a  secretary  to  be  chosen  by  the  board  and 
who  may  be  a  member  thereof.     The  auditor  of  accounts  shall 
draw  an  order  in  favor  of  said  board  for  sums  expended  by  said 
board  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 
v.  s.  §  882.  Sec.    1197.     Powers.     The  state  board  of  library  commis- 

189  ,     o.    7,  sioners  shall  have  power  to  make  necessary  rules  for  its  govern- 

ment and  for  the  care  of  the  libraries  furnished  by  the  state. 

Towns. 

1902,  No.  32,  §  i.  Sec.  1198.  Appropriations.  A  town  voting  to  instruct  its 
1894J  No.  37,  §  5.  board  of  library  trustees  to  make  application  to  the  state  board 
of  library  commissioners  under  the  third  preceding  section  shall 
annually  appropriate  for  the  maintenance  of  its  free  public 
library  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  if  its  grand  list  is  ten 
thousand  dollars  or  over,  or  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars, if  its  grand  list  is  less  than  ten  thousand  dollars  and  not 
less  than  twenty-five  hundred  dollars,  or  a  sum  not  less  than 
fifteen  dollars,  if  its  grand  list  is  less  than  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars;  and  the  selectmen  of  such  town  shall  annually,  in  the 
month  of  September,  draw  an  order  on  the  treasurer  of  the  town 
payable  to  such  trustees  for  the  amount  of  such  appropriation, 
without  the  town  having  voted  such  appropriation, 
v.  s.  §  879.  Sec.  1199.     Board  of  library  trustees.     No  town  shall  be  en- 

1894,  No.  37,  §  4.     ^^  tQ  ^  benefits  0f  the  first  an(j  fourth  preceding  sections, 

unless  such  town  has  elected  a  board  of  library  trustees  and  voted 
to  instruct  such  board  to  make  application  to  the  state  board  of 
library  commissioners,  and  said  trustees  have  provided,  in  a  man- 
ner satisfactory  to  the  state  board  of  library  commissioners,  for 
the  care,  custody  and  distribution  of  the  books  furnished  in 
accordance  with  this  chapter.  The  provisions  of  sections  one 
thousand  two  hundred  and  thirteen,  one  thousand  two  hundred 
and  fourteen  and  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifteen  shall 


Chap.  63.]  INCORPORATION   OF    LIBRARIES.  311 

apply  to  the  election  of  boards  of  library  trustees  under  this 
section  and  to  said  trustees  when  so  elected. 

Sec.   1200.     Towns  accepting  conditions  to  receive  bene- v.  s.  §  sso^ 
fits.     When  a  town  has  accepted  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  St  -  *  °-     »  *    ■ 
section,  the  state  board  of  library  commissioners  shall  so  certify 
to  the  auditor  of  accounts,  who  shall  draw  an  order  payable  to 
said  board  for  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  expended  in  the  pur- 
chase of  books  as  provided  in  the  fifth  preceding  section. 

Traveling  Libraries. 

Sec.  1201.  Appropriation.  The  state  board  of  library  com-iooo,  No.  32,  §  i. 
missioners  may  expend  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dol- 
lars, annually,  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  traveling  libraries 
and  in  their  necessary  equipment,  and  may  also  expend  a  sum 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  annually,  for  clerical  work 
in  cataloguing  and  preparing  such  books  for  circulation  and  for 
other  necessary  work  in  connection  therewith.  Sums  expended 
under  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  certified  by  the 
chairman  of  said  board  to  the  auditor  of  accounts,  who  shall 
draw  an  order  for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

Sec.  1202.     Management.     Said  board  shall  have  the  fulliooo,  No.  32,  §  2. 
management    and    control    of    traveling    libraries    and    make 
necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  use  and  government  of 
the  same. 

Sec.  1203.  Use.  Three  or  more  citizens  may  organize  a  1900,  No.  32,  §  3. 
library  association,  and,  on  compliance  with  the  rules,  regu- 
lations and  requirements  of  the  state  board  of  library  com- 
missioners, shall,  in  the  discretion  of  said  board,  be  entitled  to 
the  use  of  traveling  libraries  without  charge  other  than  for 
expense  of  transportation  of  the  same.  A  local  library,  lit- 
erary or  other  club,  agricultural  or  other  society,  grange,  col- 
lege, seminary,  university  extension  center,  study  circle  or 
other  association  shall,  on  the  same  terms  and  in  the  discretion 
of  the  commissioners,  have  the  use  of  such  traveling  libraries. 

Incorporation  of  Libraries. 

Sec.  1204.  When  property  is  given  to  trustees.  Trus-  v.  s.  §  883. 
tees  to  whom  real  or  personal  property  is  devised,  bequeathed, 
granted,  conveyed  or  donated,  for  the  foundation  and  estab- 
lishment of  a  free  public  library,  may,  unless  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  the  devisor,  grantor  or  donor  of  such  property,  in 
order  to  promote  the  better  establishment,  maintenance  and 
management  of  such  library,  cause  a  corporation  to  be  formed 
under  the  provisions  of  the  three  following  sections. 

Sec.  1205.  How  effected.  Said  trustees  may  intake,  sign  v.  s.  §  884. 
and  acknowledge,  and  file  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state, 
a  statement  in  writing  setting  forth  the  intent  of  said  trustees 
to  form  a  corporation,  a  copy  of  the  will  or  instrument  by 
which  the  endowment  of  such  library  is  provided,  the  name 
adopted  for  the  corporation,  which  shall  not  be  the  name  of  a 
corporation  already  existing,  and  the  town  or  village  in  which 


312 


INCORPORATION   OF   LIBRARIES. 


[Title  11. 


V.   S.   §  885. 
1894,  No.  38^  § 


V.   S.   §   886. 
1894,  No.  38,  §  4. 


V.   S.   §   886. 
1894,  No.  38,  §  4. 


such  library  and  the  principal  place  of  business  of  such  cor- 
poration will  be  located,  the  number  of  managers  who  may 
.be  denominated  trustees,  managers  or  directors  of  such  corpora- 
tion, and  the  names  of  the  trustees,  managers  or  directors  who 
are  to  constitute  the  original  board  and  who  shall  hold  office  until 
their  successors  are  respectively  elected  and  qualified  as  pro- 
vided in  the  second  following  section. 

Sec.  1206.  Same.  The  secretary  of  state  shall  forthwith, 
upon  the  filing  of  such  statement  in  his  office,  issue  to  the  in- 
corporators under  his  hand  and  seal,  a  certificate  of  which  such 
statement  shall  be  a  part,  declaring  that  the  organization  of  the 
corporation  is  perfected.  The  incorporators  shall  forthwith 
cause  such  certificate  to  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  county 
clerk  of  the  county  in  which  such  library  is  to  be  located;  and 
thereupon  the  corporation  shall  be  deemed  fully  organized  and 
may  proceed  to  carry  out  its  corporate  purposes,  and  receive  by 
conveyance  from  the  trustees  the  property  provided  for  the  en- 
dowment of  such  library,  and  may  hold  the  same  in  whatever 
form  it  may  have  been  received  or  conveyed  by  said  trustees, 
until  such  form  shall  be  changed  by  action  of  such  corporation. 

Sec.  1207.  Powers  of  corporation.  An  organization 
formed  under  the  two  preceding  sections  shall  be  a  body 
corporate  and  politic,  to  be  known  by  the  name  stated  in  its 
certificate  or  articles  of  incorporation ;  and,  by  such  corporate 
name,  it  shall  have  and  possess  the  ordinary  rights  and  inci- 
dents of  a  corporation,  and  shall  be  capable  of  taking,  holding 
and  disposing  of  real  and  personal  estate  for  the  purposes  of  its 
organization.  The  provisions  of  a  will,  deed  or  other  instru- 
ment by  which  an  endowment  of  a  library  is  provided  and  ac- 
cepted by  the  trustees,  managers  or  directors  shall,  as  to  such 
endowment,  be  a  part  of  the  organic  and  fundamental  law  of 
such  corporation. 

Sec.  1208.  Duties  of  officers.  The  trustees,  managers  or 
directors  of  such  a  corporation  shall  compose  its  members  and 
shall  not  be  more  than  nine  nor  less  than  five  in  number.  Said 
trustees,  managers  or  directors  shall  elect  the  officers  of  the 
corporation  from  their  number  and  have  control  and  manage- 
ment of  the  affairs  and  property  of  the  same,  may  accept  do- 
nations, and,  in  their  discretion,  hold  the  same  in  the  form  in 
which  they  are  given,  for  the  purposes  of  science,  literature 
and  art  germane  to  the  objects  and  purposes  of  such  corpora- 
tion. They  may  fill,  by  election,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  chief  judge  of  the  supreme  court,  vacancies  occurring  in 
their  number,  and  may  make  by-laws  for  the  management  of 
such  corporation  and  library,  which  by-laws  shall  set  forth  the 
officers  of*  the  corporation  and  define  and  prescribe  their  respect- 
ive duties.  They  may  appoint  and  employ  from  time  to  time 
agents  and  employes,  as  they  may  deem  necessary  for  the  effi- 
cient administration  and  conduct  of  the  library  and  the  other 
affairs  of  such  corporation.  Whenever  a  trustee,  manager  or 
director  is  elected  to  fill  a  vacancy,  a  certificate,  under  the  seal 
of  the  corporation,  giving  the  name  of  the  person  elected,  shall 


Chap.  68.]  TOWN   AND   VILLAGE   LIBRARIES.  313 

be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  where  the  articles 
of  incorporation  are  recorded. 

Sec.  1209.     Exemption  from  taxation.     Whenever  the  in- v.  s.  §  886. 
striiment  providing  the   endowment  declares  that  the  institu- 
tion shall  be  a  free  public  library,  such  library  and  other  prop- 
erty of  the  corporation  shall  be  forever  exempt  from  taxation. 

Sec.  1210.  Report.  The  trustees,  managers  or  directors  v.  s.  §  886. 
of  such  a  corporation  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  January, 
report  to  the  governor  the  condition  of  the  library  and  of  the 
funds  and  other  property  of  the  corporation,  showing  its  as- 
sets and  investments  in  detail  for  the  year  ending  on  the 
thirty-first  day  of  December,  preceding. 

Town  and  Village  Libraries. 

Sec.  1211.     Establishment.     A   town   or   incorporated   vil-R.  1906,  §  1119. 
lage  may  establish  and  maintain  public  libraries,  with  or  without  v.  s.'  §  °887. ' 
branches,  for  the  use  of  its  inhabitants,  and  may  annually  con-is^'  N027if,'  §  1. 
tract  with  a  library  or  library  association  incorporated  under 
the  general  law  or  by  a  special  act  of  the  general  assembly,  to 
furnish  books  to  its  inhabitants  free,  and  may  appropriate  money 
therefor,  and  may  annually  appropriate  money  for  the  main- 
tenance, care,  increase  and  support  of  a  library  held  in  trust  for 
such  town  or  incorporated  village  or  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

Sec.  1212.     Appropriation.     A  town  or  incorporated  village  v.  s.  §  888. 
establishing   and  maintaining  a   library  may   appropriate,   fori884i  No.  65,'  §  1. 
suitable  rooms  and  buildings  and  for  the  foundation  of  such  a  fgeV,"  No27!!,'  §  2. 
library,  a  sum  not  exceeding  three  dollars  for  each  ratable  poll 
in  such  town  or  incorporated  village  in  the  preceding  year,  and 
may  also  appropriate  annually,  for  the  maintenance,  care  and 
increase  thereof,  such  sum  of  money  as  such  town  or  incorporated 
village  may  vote  at  its  annual  meeting,  and  may  receive,  hold  and 
manage  a  devise,  bequest  or  gift  for  a  public  library. 

Sec.  1213.  Trustees.  A  town  or  incorporated  village  r.  1906,  §  1121. 
which  has  established  or  shall  hereafter  establish  a  public  library  ^92',  No8853,'§  1. 
may  elect  at  its  annual  meeting  a  board  of  five  trustees,  who  shall 
have  full  power  to  manage  such  public  library  and  to  receive, 
control  and  manage  property  which  shall  come  into  the  hands 
of  such  town  or  incorporated  village  by  gift,  purchase,  devise  or 
bequest  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  such  library. 

Sec.  1214.  Trustees'  term  of  office.  At  the  meeting  when  v.  s.  §  890. 
said  trustees  are  first  chosen,  they  shall  be  elected  for  the  fol- 
lowing terms :  one  for  one  year,  one  for  two  years,  one  for  three 
years,  one  for  four  years  and  one  for  five  years,  and  until  their 
respective  successors  are  chosen.  Their  successors  shall  be 
elected  for  the  term  of  five  years,  but  a  person  chosen  to  fill  a 
vacancy  shall  serve  only  for  the  remainder  of  the  unexpired 
term. 

Sec.  1215.     Report  by  trustees.     Said  trustees  shall  make  r.  1906,  §  1123. 
report  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  town  or  incorporated  village  1S92',  No8953,  §  3. 
of  the  condition  of  the  library  and  of  the  management  and  ex-  * 
penditure  of  such  moneys  as  have  come  into  their  hands. 


314 


R.  1906,  §  1124. 
V.  S.  §  892. 
1892,  No.  53,  §  4. 
R.  L.  §  2740. 
1867,  No.  63,  §  3. 


V.  S.  §  893. 

R.  L.  §  2741. 

1870,  No.  22. 

1869,  No.  11. 


LIBRARIES    ENTITLED   TO   DOCUMENTS.      [Title  11. 

Sec.  1216.  Moneys,  how  paid  out.  Moneys  raised  for  a 
library  shall  be  paid  out  by  an  agent  to  be  appointed  by  the  se- 
lectmen of  a  town  or  the  trustees  of  an  incorporated  village,  un- 
less library  trustees  have  been  elected. 

Sec.  1217.  Union  of  library  associations.  Two  incor- 
porated library  associations  in  the  same  town  may,  by  a  majority 
vote  of  the  stock  of  each  of  such  associations,  at  meetings  thereof 
warned  for  that  purpose,  unite  and  assume  the  corporate  name 
of  either  of  such  associations. 


1906,  No.  97,  §  1. 
V.  S.  §  894. 
1894,  No.  39,  §  1. 


V.  S.  §  895. 
1894,  No.  39,  §  2. 


V.  S.  §  896. 
1894,  No.  39,  §  3. 


Libraries  Entitled  to  Certain  Documents. 

Sec.  1218.  Town  libraries.  When  a  town  has  established 
a  public  library,  such  town  may,  at  an  annual  meeting,  vote  to 
place  in  such  library  a  copy  of  such  documents  and  volumes 
heretofore  received  by  such  town  for  it  or  its  town  clerk's  office, 
as  it  shall  designate,  and  also  a  copy  of  such  documents  and 
volumes  hereafter  to  be  received  from  the  state,  except  the 
Vermont  Reports,  Vermont  Public  Documents  and  other  books 
and  documents  provided  by  law  to  be  kept  in  the  town  clerk's 
office,  as  it  shall  designate.  The  ownership  of  such  books  shall 
continue  in  the  town;  but  their  use  shall  be  enjoyed  by  the 
library,  until  such  town  shall  otherwise  vote. 

Sec.  1219.  Books  to  be  delivered  by  state.  The  state  li- 
brarian shall  deliver  to  a  town  public  library  that  has  been 
voted  by  its  town  the  use  of  books  owned  by  such  town,  such 
duplicate  documents  and  volumes  published  or  provided  by  the 
state,  as  can,  in  the  judgment  of  the  trustees  of  the  state  library, 
be  delivered  without  prejudice  to  the  state  library.  Such  docu- 
ments and  volumes  shall  be  delivered  on  application  stating  what 
books  have  already  been  received  from  the  town,  and  the  prop- 
erty in  such  documents  and  volumes  shall  remain  in  the  state ; 
but  their  use  shall  be  enjoyed  by  such  public  library,  until  the 
state  librarian  is  directed  by  law  to  demand  their  return  to  the 
state  library. 

Sec.  1220.  Books  to  public  libraries  not  established  by 
towns.  When  a  public  library  exists  in  a  town  and  is  not  estab- 
lished by  it,  such  town  may,  at  an  annual  meeting,  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote,  make  the  provisions  named  in  the  second  preceding 
section  in  respect  to  use  by  the  library  of  books  owned  by  the 
town,  apply  to  such  library;  and,  in  case  of  such  vote,  the  pro- 
visions of  the  preceding  section  shall  apply  to  such  library  the 
same  as  if  it  were  established  and  maintained  by  such  town. 


INDEX. 


ABATEMENT,  sec. 

School  district  taxes,   1153,  1154 

ACADEMIES, 

Certificates  to  teach,  graduates  to  re- 
ceive, when,  9G5 

Defined,   1016 

Standard  for,  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation to  establish,   1021 

Statistics  of,  how  returned, 1058 

ACCOUNTS, 

Permanent  school  fund,  audit  and 
certificate  of, 108G 

Norwich  University,  appropriation 
for,    1190 

ACTIONS, 

Directors,  liable  for  unauthorized 
payments,   991 

Penalties  and  forfeitures  recovered 
by, 

(See     Penalties      and      Forfeit- 
ures.)- 

PUBLIC   MONEY, 

false  statements,  etc.,  as  to, 1102 

wrongful  distribution  of, 1102 

School  expenses,   false  statement   as 

to 1102 

Text-books,    neglect   of    directors    as 

to,   1107 

United  States  deposit  money,  town's 

failure  to  comply  with  law,  1069 

ADVANCED  INSTRUCTION, 

Age  not  to  deprive  of, 1021 

Appeal  to  superintendent  of  educa- 
tion,     ....1021 

Examination  of  pupil  demanding,  . . . 

1018-1020 

High  school  defined,  1016 

Standard  of  high  school  established 

how,    1021 

Town  clerk  to  furnish  statements  as 

to  pupils,  filed  where, 1022 

Town  reimbursed  how, 1023 

Town  to  maintain  high  school,  or  fur- 
nish,    1017 

AGE, 
School   age,    1027 

APPEALS, 

Advanced   instruction,    1021 

Land  for  school  purposes,  taking; 
proceedings,   1114,  1115 


APPEALS,  Continued,  sec. 

School   accommodations   and  convey- 
ance of  pupils 1007,  1008 

APPORTIONMENT, 

Permanent  school  fund 1084 

State  school  tax,  on  what  list, 1092: 

APPROPRIATIONS, 

Colleges  and  scholarships,  1178,  1183,  1189= 
Deaf,  dumb,   blind,'  etc.,  for  instruc- 
tion of, 1168,  1177 

Directors  to  recommend,  992 

Library  commissioners, 1196,  1201 

Normal  schools,    952. 

Pupils,  transportation  and  board  of; 

apportionment,    1014 

Sight  and  hearing,  testing  of,  1165 

State  teachers'  association,  etc 919 

ARREST, 

Truants,   without   warrant,    1036 

AUDITOR  OF  ACCOUNTS, 

APPROPRIATIONS,  ACCOUNTS, 

ETC., 

colleges  and  universities, 1178,  118? 

"deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc., 1176,  1177 

examiners  of  teachers,  allowance  to, 
for  meetings,   927 

Libraries, 

commissioners'   expenses,    1196 

establishment,   1200 

traveling  libraries,    1201 

normal  schools,    952 

permanent  school  fund,  audit  and 
certificate  of,  1086 

pupils,   testing   sight   and   hearing 
of,    1165. 

state  teachers'   association,    919/ 

Superintendent    of    Education, 

accounts  and  salary,   ..919,  921,  924 
circulars  of  educational  informa- 
tion   921 

educational  meetings,  expense  of,  918 
examination     questions,     blanks, 

etc.,  expense  of,   922 

teachers'  institutes  expense  of,  . .  915 
Normal  school  commissioners,  to  di- 
rect as  to  bond  of  treasurer  of 948 


BANK  COMMISSIONER, 

Permanent  school  fund,  audit  of;  cer- 
tificate,     1086 


INDEX. 


BLIND,  sec. 

Instruction  of,  1166-1177 

(See  Deaf,  Dnml),  Blind,  etc.,  In- 
struction  of.) 

BONDS, 

Normal  school  commissioners,  treas- 
urer of,  948 

School  district  collector  and  treas- 
urer; vacancy  on  failure 1128 

Trustees  of  town  funds, 1066 

BOUNDARIES, 

Incorporated  school  districts,  change 
of,    1142,  1143 


.1000 


CENSUS, 

School,  made  by  whom;  fees,   . 

CERTIFICATES, 

Age  of  candidates  for, 954 

Examinations  for, 959-961,  968 

FIRST    GRADE, 

college     graduates     may     receive, 

when,    963 

continuation  of 966 

graduates  of  normal  schools  in  oth- 
er states •  •  •  958 

requisites    for;     to    whom   issued; 

term 958,  962,  963 

special 969 

Kindergarten     or     primary,     issued 

when,   •  •  •   973 

Normal  school  graduates,  provisions 

as  to,  956-958,  972 

.  Notice  by  holder  to  clerk;    contract 

void  without 955 

Permits,  how  granted;   re-issue;   lim- 
itation  974-976 

Required;  contract  void. without,   ...   954 
Revoked  when,   977 


SECOND    GRADE, 


966 
965 


continuation  of,    

graduates  of  secondary  schools,  . . . 
requisites    for;    to    whom    issued; 

term 965 

special 969 

superintendent  of  union  may  grant; 

limitation,     943 

THIRD    GRADE, 

private    examinations    for,    when; 

fees,    968 

requisites    for;     to    whom    issued; 

term,    .-. ..967,   970 

special,    970 

superintendent  of  union  may  grant, 

when;  limitation,  . , 943 

"Unlimited,  issued  when 971,  972 

CHILD  LABOR, 

Law  of,   1044-1050 


CITIES,  sec. 

State   school    tax,   order   for,    drawn 
by  mayor,  1093 

CIVIL  AUTHORITY,  BOARD  OF, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  returns  as  to,  1170 

CLERK  OF  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS, 

(See    Directors,    Board    of:      Clerk.) 

COLLEGES, 

Appropriations  in  aid  of,   1178,  1189 

Certificates  to  teach,  to  graduates,  . . 

963,  971 
Scholarships;     appointment;     vacan- 
cies,     1181-1183,  1186-1188 

COMMISSIONERS, 

School  purposes,  taking  land  for,   . . 

1114,  1115 

COMPLAINTS, 


Child  labor  law,  violation  of, 
Truancy  law,  violation  of,   . . 


.1049,  1050 
.1037,  1040 


CONSTABLES, 

Truant  officers,  when,    1028 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  STATUTES, 

Academy,    1016 

Elementary    school 1013 

High  school, 1016 

Legal  pupil 1027 

Legal  school, 1097 

School      districts      in      unorganized 

places,  powers  of 1127 

School  year,  month,  week,  day 1024 

Voters  in  school  district  meetings,  . . 

1127,  1139 
CONTRACTS, 

School  teacher's,  void  when,  ....954,  955 

CONVEYANCE, 

Pupils,   transportation  of;    state  aid, 

1006-1008,  1014,  1015 
COPIES, 

Certified    by    school    district    clerk; 
penalty  for  neglect,    1129 

CORPORATIONS, 

Incorporated  school  districts,  ..1139-1146 
(See  School  Districts:    Incorpor- 
ated.) 
Libraries,  trustees  of  may  incorpor- 
ate,     1205-1210 

(See  Libraries.) 

School  districts  in  unorganized  places 
are  corporations,    1121 

COSTS, 

Lands  for  school  purposes,  proceed- 
ings to  take 1115 

COUNTY   CLERKS, 
Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  returns  as  to,  1171 


INDEX. 


COUNTY  CLERKS,  Continued,  sec. 

RECORDS, 

library,  certificate  of  incorporation 
of, 120G 

I'norg-anized    Towns   and    Gores, 

lands  taken  for  school  purposes,  1112 
school  meetings,  1120 

COUNTY  COURTS, 

JURISDICTION, 

child  labor  law,   1049 

school  purposes,  land  taken  for,  . . 

1114,  1115 
truancy,     1043 

COURSES  OF  STUDY, 

Prepared  and  distributed  by  superin- 
tendent of  education,    923,  924 

CRIMES  AND  OFFENSES, 

Appropriation,    failure    of    town    to 

make 1103 

Attendance,  offenses  relating  to, 1043 

Fire  drills,  teacher  neglecting 1161 

Officer  failing  to  pass  over  books,  etc., 

to  successor,   1131 

Overseer  of  the  poor,  neglect  of  duty 

by 1042 

Parent,  etc.,  allowing  employment  of 
children  in  mills,  etc.,  unlawfully, 

1047,  1048 
Parent,   etc.,   refusing  to   give  infor- 
mation to  clerk 1001 

School  money,  failing  to  comply  with 

law  as  to;  indictment, 1069,  1103 

Text-books,  receiving  pay  for  recom- 
mending  1109 

Truancy  or  disobedience, 1041 

Truant  officer  neglecting  duty,   1042 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  failing  to  comply 
with  law  as  to;  indictment,  1069,  1070 

CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE, 

Truant,  proceedings  against,   1034 

1037,  1040 

DAMAGES, 

ACTIONS    FOR, 

directors    liable    for    unauthorized 
payments, 991 

text-books,  loss  of,   1107 

text-books,  neglect  of  directors  as 

to, 1107 

Land  damages;  school  purposes,  land 

taken  for 1110-1117 

DAY, 

School,  defined,  1024 

DEAF,    DUMB,    BLIND,    ETC.,    IN- 
STRUCTION OF, 

Appropriation  for, 1168,  1177 

Care  of,  after  discharge  from  institu- 
tion  1177 


DEAF,  DUMB,  BLIND,  ETC.,  IN- 
STRUCTION OF,  Continued, 


SEC. 


COMMISSIONER, 

governor  to  be;  duties,  1166,  1167,  1172 

1175-1177 

report;    compensation,  " 1167 

Education  within  state,  when,  1175,  1176 
Expenses,  town  to  defray,  when,   ...1174 
Indemnity   bond  executed   by   select- 
men  1173 

Information  as  to,  by  board  of  civil 

authority 1170 

Returns  as  to, 1170,  1171 

Schools  where  educated,   1169 


.1151,  1152 


DEDUCTIONS, 

School  district  tax, 

DEEDS, 


Town  school  fund,  security  for,  who 
may  take  acknowledgment,   1089 


.1028 


DEPUTY  SHERIFFS, 

Truant  officer,  duties  as,       

DIRECTORS,  BOARD  OF, 

Appropriations,   recommendations   as 

to,    992 

Arrest     for     not     attending     school, 

when;   notice;   complaint,    1036 

1037,  1040 
Attendance  at  school,  excuses  from,  . 

1029,  1030 
Chairman,   election   of,    989 

CLERK, 

appointment;  compensation;  duties,  997 
999,  1000,  1002 
census    of    children    and    parents 

made  by;    fees,    1000 

directors  to  perform  duties,  when,  998 
false  statements  or  certificates  by; 

penalty,   1056 

list  of  children  furnished  teachers 

by, 1031 

parent  giving  false  information  to; 

penalty,   1001 

records  kept  by;    statement  as  to 

teachers,    999 

Registers, 

answering  interrogatories  in;  cer- 
tificate;  filing;   penalty,  1055,  1056 

examination;    certificate,    1054 

furnished  teachers  by,  1053 

procuring;  responsibility  for,  ..1002 
Compensation;  auditing  of  accounts,  996 
Constitution;   election;  term  of  office,  987 

Duties,  990 

Elected  by  ballot,  when 985 

Election;  term;  women  may  be,  986,  987 
Evening  schools,  admission  to,  regu- 
lated by,  ....# -. 1010 

False  certificate  as  to  school  moneys; 

penalty 1102 

Fire  drill  law,  duties  as  to, 1162 


INDEX. 


DIRECTORS,  BOARD  OF,  Contin-     sec. 
ued, 

Higher     instruction     furnished     by, 

how, 1017 

Kindergartens,  may  establish, 1009 

LAND    FOR    SCHOOL    PURPOSES, 

damages,  question  of,   referred  by 

agreement, 1113 

duties  on  disagreement  as  to  price,  1110 
Liability  for  a  payment  not  author- 
ized by  law 991 

Location  of  schools  by;  appeal,  1006-1008 
Normal  school  practice  departments, 

powers  as  to, 951 

Oath,    989 

Orders  by,  paid  by  town  treasurer,  . .  1062 
Perform  duties  of  clerk,  when 998 

PUPILS,  CONVEYANCE  AND 

BOARD    OF, 

directors  may  provide;   appeal,   . . 

1006-1008 

state  aid,  obtained  how, 1015 

Pupils,  non-resident,  received  by;  tui- 
tion,   .....1011,  1012 

Report  of 994 

Return  of  expenditures  to  town  clerk,  995 
School  houses  and  sites,  powers  as  to,  993 
School  houses,  location  and  construc- 
tion of,  under  control  of, 983 

Special  instruction  provided  by,   ...1004 

TEXT-BOOKS  AND  SUPPLIES, 

furnished  by;  rules,  1105,  1106 

lost,  etc.,  to  give  notice  to  select- 
men ;   penalty 1107 

selection    by;    taking   pay    for    re- 
commending prohibited,   ..1108,  1109 

TOWN    SUPERINTENDENT, 

appointment;  pay;  filing  certificate,  931 

duties  directed  by  directors, 934 

removal ;  vacancy,   932 

Truant  officers  appointed  by,  1028 

Union   for   expert   supervision,   pow- 
ers  as   to,    938-944 

Vacancy,  how  filled;  record, 988 

DISCOUNT, 

School  district  taxes, 1151,  1152 

DISTRIBUTION, 

Permanent  school  fund 1084 

State  school  tax,   ..1095,  1096,  1098-1100 

DISTRICTS, 

School,    1118-1146 

(See  School   Districts.) 

DRAWING, 

Directors    may    provide    instruction 
in, 1004 

DUMB,  # 

Instruction  of,    1166-1177 

(See  Deaf,  Dumb,  Blind,  etc.,  In- 
struction of.) 


EDUCATIONAL  MEETINGS,  sec. 

Holding  of;  expense 918 

ELECTIONS, 

SCHOOL    OFFICERS, 

directors 985,    987 

school  district  officers, 1122,  1123 

women  may  vote  and  hold  office,  . .  986 

VOTERS, 

in  incorporated  school  districts,  not 

to  vote  on  town  school  questions,  980 
women  may  vote  on  school  matters,  986 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS, 

Courses  of  study,  prepared  and  dis- 
tributed  how,    923,   924 

Defined 1013 

State  aid  for  transporting  pupils,  . . . 

1014,  1015 

EMINENT  DOMAIN, 

School  purposes,  taking  lands  for,  . . 

1110-1117 

EPILEPTICS, 

Instruction  of,    1166-1177 

EVENING  SCHOOLS, 
Establishment;  attendance, 1010 

EVIDENCE, 

Certified  copies,  school  district  clerk 
to  give, 1129 

EXAMINERS  OF  TEACHERS, 

Advanced  instruction,  duties  as  to  ex- 
amination of  pupil  demanding 

1019,  1020 

Appeals  to,  from  action  of  school  di- 
rectors,   1007,  1008 

Appointment;  qualification;  vacan- 
cies;   removal .925,    928 

CERTIFICATES, 

age  of  candidates  for, 954 

examinations   for 959-961,   968 

First    Grade, 

college    graduates    may    receive, 
when,     963 

continuation  of, 966 

graduates  of  normal   schools   in 
other  states 958 

requisites  for;   to  whom  issued; 
term,   958,  962,  963 

special,    969 

kindergarten    or    primary,    issued 

when,   973 

normal  school  graduates,  provisions 

as  to,  956-958,  972 

notice  by  holder  to  clerk;  contract 

void  without, 955 

permits,     how    granted;     re-issue; 

limitation, 974-976 


INDEX. 


EXAMINEES  OF  TEACHERS,  Con-    sec. 
tinned, 

CERTIFICATES,    Continued, 

required;  contract  void  without,  ..  954 
revoked   when,    977 

Second   Gra<le, 

continuation  of,    966 

graduates  of  secondary  schools,  965 
requisites  for;   to  whom  issued; 

term 965 

special,    969 

Third  Grade, 

private  examinations  for,  when; 

fees,    968 

requisites  for;   to  whom  issued; 

term,  967,  970 

special,    970 

unlimited,  issued  when,   971,  972 

Death,  resignation,  etc.,  of,  who  acts,  929 

EXAMINATIONS, 

conduct   of,    960 

papers  preserved  by, 961 

time  and  place;  record, ,  959 

Fees  and  expenses  of,  927,  967 

Meetings  for;   pay  for  attending,   . . .   927 
Permits   to   teach   issued   by,   when; 
limitation;  revocation;  term,  ..974-977 

Reports  of,  930 

Summer  -  school  for  teachers,  may 
hold,  when;  length;  expense;  com- 
pensation   917 

Superintendent  of  union  may  act  as 

examiner,  when, 943 

Teachers'  institutes,  may  conduct  and 

arrange   for,    916,    926 

Text-books,  receiving  pay  for  recom- 
mending;   penalty,    1109 

EXECUTIONS, 

Land   for  school   purposes,   costs  on 

proceedings  to  take, 1115 

School  district  taxes  assessed  to  pay,  1155 

EXPERT  SUPERVISION, 

Union  of  towns  for,    938-944 

(See    Superintendents    of     School 
Unions.) 

FACTORIES, 

Children,  employment  in,  restricted,  . 

1044,  1046 

FEEBLE-MINDED  PERSONS, 

Instruction  of,  1166-1177 

FEES, 

Clerk  of  school  directors, 997,  1000 

Examiners   of   teachers,    917,    968 

Norwich  University,  board  of  visitors 

to, 1192 

School   directors,    996 


FEES,  Continued,  sec. 

Town  clerks,  for  school  returns 1059 

Town  superintendent  of  schools,  931,  937 

Truant   officers,    1039 

Trustees   of  permanent   school   fund 
paid  expenses  only,  1076 

FIRE  DRILLS, 

Law  to  be  printed  in  manual,  1162 

Teachers'  duties  as  to;  fine,   ..1160,  1161 

FORMS, 

COMPLAINTS, 

child  labor  law 1050 

truancy  law 1040 

School  registers 1051 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY, 

Superintendent  of  education  elected 
by,    914 

GOVERNOR, 

APPOINTMENTS   BY, 

examiners  of  teachers,  with  super- 
intendent; vacancies;   removal,.. 

925,  928 
library   commissioners;    chairman; 

vacancies,    1193 

normal  school  commissioners,  946,  947 
Norwich  University,  visitors  for,  .  .1191 
scholarships  in  state  colleges  filled 
by,  when, 1184,  1188 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  commissioner 
of;    duties,  1166,  1167,  1172,  1175-1177 

Normal  school  commissioners,  duties 
as  to  bond  of  treasurer  of, 948 

Permanent  school  fund;  one  of  trus- 
tees of;  duties,  1073-1086 

Pupils,  transportation,  etc.,  of,  du- 
ties as  to  dividing  appropriations 
for,   1014 

State  school  tax,  member  of  board  to 
distribute,   1096 

VACANCIES   FILLED   BY, 

examiners  of  teachers 925,  928 

library    commissioners,    1193 

normal  school  commissioners,    ....   946 

superintendent  of  education 914 

trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  1077 

GRAND  ISLE  COUNTY, 

Expert  supervision,  provisions  as  to,  944 

GRAND  JURORS,  TOWN, 

Truant  law,  prosecutions  under,    . . .  1034 

GRAND  JURY, 

TOWNS    INDICTABLE, 

schools,  neglect  to  expend  money 
for 1103 

United  States  deposit  money,  neg- 
lect as  to, 1070 


6 


INDEX. 


GUARDIANS, 


SEC. 


Clerk  of  school  directors,  refusing  in- 
formation to;  penalty, 1001 

Text-books,  lost,  payment  for,  1107 

Truancy    law,     1029-1043 


HIGH  SCHOOLS, 

Appropriation  for, 


.1023 


COURSES   OF   STUDY, 

defined,    101G 

requisite  for  admission  to,  pre- 
pared  and   issued   how,    923,  924 

superintendent  of  education  to  pre- 
pare; printing,  923,  1016 

Defined,  1016 

Graduate  of,  entitled  to  certificate  of 

second  grade  to  teach,  when 965 

Higher  instruction,  statement  as  to; 
where  filed;  reimbursement,  1022,  1023 

Qualifications  of  pupils, 1018-1020 

Superintendent  of  education  to  estab- 
lish standard  for,   1021 

Towns  to  maintain  or  furnish  higher 
instruction;    examinations,    ..1017-1020 

HOLIDAYS, 

Teachers  not  required  to  teach  on,  .  .1026 

HUNTINGTON  FUND, 

Permanent  school  fund,  part  of,  1072,  1078 

IDIOTS, 

Instruction   of 1166-1174,   1177 

(See  Deaf,  Dumb,  Hlinil,  etc.,  In- 
struction   of.) 

INDICTMENTS, 

AGAINST    TOWPTS, 

schools,  failing  to  appropriate  for, 
etc 1103 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  violation  of 
law  as  to;  notice, 1070 

INDUSTRIAL  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES, 

Instruction  in,  school  directors  may 
provide,   1004 

INTOXICATING  LIQUOR, 

Instruction      concerning     intoxicants 
and  narcotics 1003 


JURY,  GRAND, 

(See  Grand  Jury.) 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE, 

JURISDICTION, 

child  labor  law 1049 

truancy 1043 


JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE,  Con- 
tinued, 


SEC. 


Warrants  for  school  district  tax  is- 
sued by 1149 


KINDERGARTENS, 

Certificate  for 973 

Established  when,   1009 

School  age  limit  not  to  apply, 1027 


LABOR, 

Child  labor,  law  of,   1044-1050 

LAND  FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES, 

Appeal  to  county  court;  commission- 
ers;   proceedings;    report,    ..1114,   1115 

Damages,  question  of,  referred  by 
agreement,    1113 

Eminent  domain,  taking  by;  dam- 
ages, how  assessed 1110 

Mortgaged  lands,  damages  how 
awarded  and  paid,    1116 

Record  of  condemnation  proceedings 
kept,  where 1112 

Removal  of  buildings,  etc.,  by  owner, 
time  for, 1111 

Selectmen's  duties  as  to,    1087,  1088 

Title  to  vest  on  payment  of  damages 
finally  awarded,   1117 

LEGAL  HOLIDAYS, 

Teachers  not  required  to  teach  on,  .  .1026 

LEGAL  SCHOOL, 

Construction  of,    1097 

LIBRARIES, 

COMMISSIONERS, 

appointment;       term;       vacancies; 

chairman,    1193 

compensation;  expenses;  secretary,  1196 
duties  as  to  established  free  public 

libraries,     1194 

duties   in    establishing   free   public 

libraries;  state  aid, 1195,  1200 

report,    1194 

rules  for  care  of  libraries,  etc.,  ...1197 

Traveling:  Libraries, 

appropriation  for,    1201 

control  of 1202 

Entitled  to  certain  documents,  1218-1220 

ESTABLISHMENT, 

appropriation  by  town  for,   1198 

certification  of  fulfilment  of  provi- 
sions ;   order,    1200 

trustees,       appointment;       instruc- 
tions  1199 

INCORPORATED, 

articles;  original  trustees .1205 

certificate  issued;   record ...1206 


INDEX. 


LIBRARIES,  Continued,  sec. 

INCORPORATED,    Continued, 

incorporation  granted,  when,    ....  1204 
powers  and   duties  of;    will,  deed, 

etc.,  part  of  organic  law  of, 1207 

reports  of  officers 1210 

taxation,  exempt  from,  when, 1209 

Trustees, 

articles  of  incorporation  filed  by,  1205 

incorporation  granted,  when, 1204 

powers  and  duties  of;  vacancies,  1208 

reports  of,    1210 

union  of  two, 1217 

TOWX  AND  VILLAGE  LIBRARIES, 

appropriations;    bequests,    1212 

entitled  to  certain  documents,  1218-1220 

establishment;    maintenance,    1211 

moneys,  how  paid  out 1216 

trustees;    election;    term;    powers; 
reports,    1213-1215 

TRAVELING   LIBRARIES, 

appropriation  for 1201 

commissioners  to  control,   1202 

rules  as  to, 1202 

use  of,  1203 

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, 

Permanent  school  fund,  one  of  trus- 
tees of;    duties,    1073-108G 


MAINTENANCE  OF  SCHOOLS, 
Number  of  weeks  required;  studies,  1003 

MANUAL  TRAINING, 
Directors  may  provide  for 1004 

MEETINGS, 

Examiners  of  teachers;  pay,   927 

School  meetings, 

(See   School    Meetings.) 

MEMORIAL  DAY, 
School   exercises,    1005 

MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE, 

Appropriation;    expenditure,    ..1178,  1180 

Scholarships  in;    appointments,    1181 

1182,  1184 

MILITARY  COLLEGE, 1185-1192 

(See  Norwich    University.) 

MILLS, 

Children,  employment   in,   restricted, 

1044,  1046 

MODERATORS, 

School  district  meetings,  1119,  1126,  1135 


MONEY, 


SEC. 


School,  division  of,   1098-1102 

(See  also  School  Money.) 

United  States  deposit 1065-1071 

1079-1083 

MONTH, 

School,   defined,    1024 

MORTGAGES, 

School  purposes,  laud  taken  for 
when  subject  to  mortgages;  pro- 
ceedings,    1116 

MUNICIPAL  CORPORATIONS, 

School  districts,   978,  1121,  1139-1146 

MUNICIPAL  COURTS, 

JURISDICTION, 

child   labor   law 1049 

truancy,     1043 

MUSIC, 

Instruction    in,    directors    may    pro- 


vide, 


.1004 


NARCOTICS, 

Instruction  concerning,    1003 

NEGLIGENCE, 

School  directors',  as  to  text  books,  1107 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS, 

Admission  to;   requirements;  tuition,  953 
Appropriation  for;  how  paid  and  ex- 
pended,       952 

Certificate  from,  license  to  teach,  956-958 

COMMISSIONERS,    BOARD    OF, 

admission,  duties  and  powers  as  to,  953 
appointment;  term  of  office;  vacan- 
cies,   946,  947 

appropriation,  how  expended  by,  . .  952 

duties  and  powers,    949,  951 

instruction    in    educational    princi- 
ples,    course     in,     prepared    by, 

when,  examinations, 965 

meetings;  officers  of 948 

practice     departments     established 

by;   maintenance, 951 

reports  of 949 

resident  commissioners,   947 

superintendent  of  education  to  act 

with 949,  951 

treasurer;  duties  of;  bond,  ....948,  950 

Continuance;   situation,   945 

Graduate  of  lower  course  may  take 
additional   examination,  when,    . . .  957 

Practice  departments,    951 

Tuition  free,  when,   953 


INDEX. 


NORWICH  UNIVERSITY,  sec. 

Appropriations;  expenditure;  kept 
separate,    1189,  1190 

BOARD   OF  VISITORS, 

appointment;  term  of  office;  vacan- 
cies,  1191 

duties;  compensation, 1192 

report,    1192 

Military  college;  rank  of  instructors,  1185 
Scholarships,  appointments  to,  1186-1188 

NOTICE, 

Boundaries       of       school       districts 

changed,    1143 

County  examiners,  hearings  before,  1008 

School  district  meetings,   1119,  1134 

School  purposes,  selectmen  taking 
land  for;  hearing  by  commission- 
ers  1110,  1115 

Testing  sight  and  hearing  of  pupils, 

parents  notified,   1164 

Text-books  lost  or  destroyed, 1107 

Truancy  law, 1032,  1033,  1035,  1036 


OATHS, 

School  directors  to  be  sworn, 989 

OFFENSES, 

(See  Crimes  and   OlVenses.) 

ORDERS, 

State, . 

(See  Auditor  of  Aoeonnts.) 
TOWN, 

free  public  library,  appropriation 
for,    1198 

school  directors  may  draw;  how 
Paid 990,  1062 

school  directors  to  draw  for  ex- 
pense of  expert  supervision,  ....   942 

state  school  tax, 1093 

OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR, 

Clothing  child  for  school  attendance;    . 
penalty  for  neglect 1035,  1042 


PARENTS, 

Children  to  attend  school,  when;  pen- 
alty,     1029,    1030,    1043 

Clerk  of  school  directors,  refusing  in- 
formation to;  penalty, 1001 

Employment  of  children  contrary  to 
law;  penalty;  jurisdiction;  com- 
plaint  1047-1050 

Neglect  to  cause  cbild  to  attend 
school;    complaint;   jurisdiction,   ..1037 

1040,  1043 

Text-books  lost,  responsible  for, 
when, \,  H07 

Unable  to  clothe  child,  overseer  may,  1035 


PAUPERS,  sec. 

School  district  taxes,  abatement  of,  1153 

PENALTIES  AND  FORFEITURES, 

(See  also  Crimes  and  Offenses, 

Clerk    of    board    of    directors,    false 

statements  or  certificates  by,   1056 

District  clerk  neglecting  duty,   1129 

District  collector,  neglecting  duty,  . .  1150 
District  meetings,  neglect  to  warn,  .1136 
False  statements  as  to  school  money; 

unlawful  distribution 1102 

Town  failing  to  comply  with  law  as 
to  school  money 1069 

PERMANENT  SCHOOL  FUND,    1072-1086 

(See     School     Money:     Permanent 
School  Fund.) 

PERMITS, 

Date,    976 

Issue   of,    974 

Notice  by  holder  to  clerk;    contract 

void  without,  955 

Number  of  terms  taught  under,  lim- 
ited,   976 

Reissue  of,   . 975 

PHYSICAL  CULTURE, 

Instruction  in,  school  directors  may 
provide,   1004 

POLICE  OFFICERS, 

Truant  officers,  when,  1028 

PROCESS,  SERVICE  OF, 

Lands  taken  for  school  purposes,  ap- 
peal to  county  court,   1114 

PUBLIC  HEALTH, 

Sight  and  hearing  of  pupil,  duties  of 
state  board  as  to,  1163,  1165 

PUBLIC  LIBRARIES, 1193-1220 

(See  Libraries.) 

PUBLIC  MONEY, 

Division    of 1098-lia2 

(Sec    School   Money.) 

PUPILS, 

Accommodation  of;  appeals,  ..1007,  1008 

Advanced  Instruction 1016-1023 

Attendance  required,  when,    ..1029,  1030 

FOARD   FOR, 

directors  may  pay,   when 1006 

state  aid  for;  apportionment,  1014, 1015 
Clothing  furnished  when,   1035 

CONVEYANCE  OF, 

directors  may  provide;    appeal,    . . 

1006-1008 
state   aid   for;    apportionment,    ... 

1014,  1015 


INDEX. 


PUPILS,  Continued,  sec. 

Defined,    1027 

Directors  to  designate  school  to  at- 
tend,        990 

Employment    of,    in    mills,    etc.,    re- 
stricted  1044,  1046 

Fire  drills,   1160 

Legal  pupil   defined, 1027 

List  of  children   required   to   attend 
furnished    teachers,    1031 

XO\-ATTE>DA\CE, 

arrest  for;   notice;   complaint 1036 

1037,  1040 
teacher  to  give  notice  to  truant  of- 
ficer of,   1032 

Non-resident;   tuition  paid  to  school 
fund,    1011,  1012 

PAREXT,  ETC., 

attendance  of  scholars,  duties  as  to^- 
penalty,    1029,  1030,  1034,  1035 

employment  of  children  contrary  to 

law;    fine;   jurisdiction,    1037 

1040,  1043 

SIGHT    AND    HEARING, 

appropriation  for  testing 1105 

test  cards,  etc.,  to  be  furnished,  ..1163 

testing  of;    reports,    1163,  1164 

Studies  required,    1003 

Text-books,  etc.,  liability  for  loss  or 

destruction  of,  1107 

Town    superintendent's    powers    and 

duties  under  child  labor  law,   

1044,  1045 
Truancy    or    disobedience;    penalty; 

jurisdiction, 1041,  1043 

Unorganized     places;      tuition     and 

transportation,    1138 


REGISTERS,  Continued,  sec. 

Statistics,    town    clerk    to    make    up 

from;    fees,    1057,    1059 

.    Teachers'  duties  as  to,    1053 

Transmission  to  town  clerks, 1052 

REPORTS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  commissioner 

of,   1167 

Examiners  of  teachers, 930 

Library  commissioners, 1194 

Normal  school  commissioners 949 

Norwich  University,  board  of  visitors 

to, H92 

Permanent  school  fund,  trustees  of,  .  1085 
Superintendent  of  education,   920 

TOWN   OFFICERS, 

clerk  of  school  directors, 1000 

library  trustees 1215 

school  directors  and  clerk,   .  .994,  1000 
superintendent  of  schools;  expense,  937 

treasurer,  as  to  school  funds,   1064 

trustees  of  public  money, 1067 

Trustees  of  incorporated  libraries,  to 
governor, 1210 

RETURNS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc., .1170,  1171 

School  directors,  of  expenditures,  . . .  995 

REVOCATION,     . 
Teachers'  certificates,   977 

RULES, 

Public  and  traveling  libraries,  com- 
missioners to  make  rules  for,  1197,  1202 


REAL  ESTATE, 

School  purposes,  taking  for,  by  emi- 
nent domain,   1110-1117 

RECORDS, 

Clerk  of  board  of  school  directors,  . . .  999 
District  clerks;    copies;   penalty,    . . . 

1129,  1139 

District,  to  be  preserved,   978 

Districts    in    unorganized   places,    or- 
ganization of 1120 

Warnings  of  school  district  meetings,  1133 

REGISTERS, 

CLERK     OF      BOARD      OF     DIREC- 
TORS, 

answers  to  interrogatories;   certifi- 
cate;   filing;    penalty,    1055,  1056 

examination;   certificate,   1054 

furnished  teachers,   1053 

procuring;    responsibility  for,    1002 

Contents 1053 

Examination;    certificate,    1054 

Form  of,  by  whom  prescribed,   1051 


SALARIES, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  commissioner 

of,   ;...1167 

Examiners  of  teachers   for   summer 

schools,    917 

Superintendents  of  school  unions,   . . 

940,   941 
SCHOLARSHIPS  IN  COLLEGES, 

Appointment;   vacancies,   1181-1184 

1186-1188 
SCHOOL  DIRECTORS, 

(See  Directors,  Board  of.) 

SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, 

Clerks,  false  statements  or  certifi- 
cates by;   penalty,  1056 

Collectors,  duties  as  to  taxes;  forfeit- 
ure  1149-1152 

INCORPORATED, 

boundaries,  change  of,  how  effected, 

1142,  1143 
clerk  to  notify  town  clerk  of  elec- 
tion ;    penalty,    1140 


10 


INDEX. 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  Continued,       sec. 

INCORPORATED,    Continued, 

laws  applicable  to, 1139 

officers'   powers,   duties,  etc.,  same 

as  in  unorganized  places, 1139 

returns  by  principals, 1058 

returns   by   prudential   committee; 

forfeiture 1100 

school  money,  division  between,  and 

town  districts,   1098,  1099 

town    collector    may    be   collector, 

when 1141 

union  for  expert  supervision,    ....   938 
union    with    town    district;    provi- 
sions as  to,   1144-1146 

voters  in,  not  to  vote  in  town  meet- 
ing on  school  matters,  980 

Lands,    etc.,    special    committee    for 

purchase  of,  1157 

Merger  of  town  and  incorporated  dis- 
trict,      1144-1146 

PRUDENTIAL,    COMMITTEE, 

assessment  and  collection  of  taxes, 

1149,  1155 

false  statements  by;   penalty,   ....1102 

School  houses,  location  of, 1158,  1159 

TAXATION, 

abatement  of  taxes,   1153,  1154 

Assessment, 

execution,  to  pay, 1155 

generally;    warrant;    collection; 
payment 1149 

prudential    committee   to   assess 
when  voted 1149 

purchase  of  land,  etc.,  1156 

collection;   forfeiture,    1149,  1150 

deductions  from, 1151,  1152 

grand  list  for,    1147 

raising    of   tax,    1148 

UNORGANIZED   PLACES, 
Clerks, 

meetings  warned  by;  penalty,  . . 

1134,  1136 

records  kept  by;  certified  copies; 

penalty,  1129 

collector  or  treasurer  to  give  bond; 

vacancy  on  failure,  1128 

commissioners'  authority,   1138 

corporate  powers, 1121 

laws    of   town   district   apply   how 

far 1127,  1128 

meetings;    warnings    for;    record; 

voters;    penalty,    1132-1136 

moderator  to  preside  at  meetings,  1126 

Officers, 

books,   etc.,   delivered  to   succes- 
sor;  penalty,   1131 

duties,  etc.,  generally, 1128 

election;   terms 1122,  1123 

vacancies,  how  filled, 1123,  1130 

organization;   meetings;   record,   .. 

1118-1120 
prudential      committee,      election; 
number;    term;    vacancies,  1123-1125 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  Continued,       sec. 

UNORGANIZED    PLACES,    Continued, 

public  money;    entitled  to,  when,  1137 

returns  to  superintendent;  failure 
to  make,   110O 

tuition  and  transportation,  tax  as- 
sessed  for,   when,    1138 

voters,  eligibility  of;  how  deter- 
mined,     1135- 

SCHOOL  HOUSES  AND  PROPERTY, 

Care  of,  vested  in  whom,   982,  990 

Directors'  duties  as  to,   990,  993 

District  may  elect  committee  to  buy, 

etc.,    1157 

Location  of  school  house  determined 

how,    1158,  1159- 

Money  for  purchase,  raised  by  town,  984 
Taking  lands  for  school  purposes,  . . 

1110-1117 

Tax  raised  to  buy,  hire,  etc., 1156 

Town  superintendent's  duties  as  to,   935 
Town  to  provide  and  maintain;  con- 
struction,      983 

SCHOOL  MEETINGS, 

INCORPORATED         SCHOOL        DIS- 
TRICTS, 

change  of  boundaries,  meetings  to 

vote   on 1143 

merger  with  town  district,  meet- 
ings to  vote  on,  : 1144,  1145 

what  laws  apply,  1139 

Taxes,  provisions  as  to  raising 1148 

1151,  1156 

TOWN    DISTRICTS, 

annual  meetings,  special  provision 

as  to,   981 

appropriations  made  by 1061 

change  of  boundaries  of  incorpor- 
ated districts,  meetings  to  vote 
on,  1143 

Directors, 

appropriations  recommended,  .  . .   992 

compensation  fixed 996 

elected  by  separate  ballot,  when,  985 

election;  number;  term, 987 

report,    994 

merger    with    incorporated    dis- 
tricts, meetings  to  vote  on, 1145 

Town   superintendent's  report,    937 

UNORGANIZED  TOWNS  AND 

GORES, 

annual  meetings,    1132-1136 

meetings  for  organization,   ..1118-1126 

record 1129 

what  laws  apply,   1127 

Voters,   provisions   as   to,   980,   986,   1127 

1135,  1139 

(See  Voters.) 

SCHOOL  MONEY, 

Appropriation  required  of  town,  ....1061 
Division  of,  between  town  and  incor- 
porated district,    1098,  1099 


IXDEX. 


11 


SCHOOL  MONEY,  Continued, 


sec.   I  SCHOOL  MONEY,  Continued, 


SEC. 


Expert  supervision,  expense  of, 941 

False  distribution  of,  to  incorporated 

district;    penalty,    1102 

False  statements  as  to;  penalty 1102 

Grand  juries  to  inquire  as  to  expendi- 
ture  1103 

Huntington    fund,    provisions    as   to, 

1072,  1078 

Legal  school  defined,    1097 

Paid  out  on  orders  of  directors,  . . .  .1062 

PERMANENT    SCHOOL,    FUND, 

audit  of;   certificate 1086 

committee  on  finance;  election;  du- 
ties  1074,  1075 

composition  of 1072 

distribution  among  towns  and  dis- 
tricts,   1084 

gifts,   bequests,   etc.,   trustees  may 

receive 1073 

income  only  to  be  used 1084 

investments;  examination  of  securi- 
ties  1073,    1075,    1086 

liability  of  trustees  to  U.  S.  for  de- 
posit money 1083 

organization  and  meetings  of  trus- 
tees,     1074 

report  as  to, 1085 

secretary;  election;  duties,  ..1074,  1077 
town  treasurer  to  credit  income,  .  .1063 
town  treasurer  to  report  annually 

as  to  income,   1064 

trustees  of,  who  are;   duties,  etc., 

1073-1086 

trustees  paid  expenses  only, 1076 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  provisions  as 

to,    1079-1083 

vacancies  in  board  or  officers,   ....  1077 
Selectmen  to  file  statement 1101 

STATE   SCHOOL    TAX, 

apportionment  of , 1092 

assessment;  rate,   1091 

distribution  of;  board  for,  ..1095,  1096 
grand  juries  to   inquire  as  to  ex- 
penditure,    1103 

legal  school  defined 1097 

payment  of,   1093 

statement  of  number  of  schools  to 

be  filed;    forfeiture 1094 

town  superintendent  to  inquire  as 

to  expenditure 1104 

Statement  of  expenditures 995 

TOWN  SCHOOL,  FUND, 

real  estate,  lease  and  sale  of;  deed, 

acknowledgment  of 1088,  1089 

securities  and  moneys  belonging  to, 
paid  town  treasurer;  separate  ac- 
count,   1090 

selectmen,  duties  as  to 1087,  1088 

Town  superintendent,  duties  as  to,  1104 
Town  treasurers  to  report  annually 
as   to,    1064 

TRUSTEES    OP    PUBLIC    MONEY, 

bond  of;  failure  to  execute;  va- 
cancy  1066 

duties;  report 1067 


TRUSTEES      OF     PUBLIC     MONEY, 

Continued, 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  collection  and 
payment  to  state;   failure,  1080-1082 

UNITED    STATES    DEPOSIT    MON- 
EY, 

failure    of    town    to    comply    with 
law;    penalty,    1069 

grand  jury  to  inquire  as  to;  indict- 
ment,     1070 

permanent  school  fund,  part  of,  . .  1072 

1079-1083 
(See  sub-head  Permanent  School 
Fund. ) 

received    by    state    treasurer;    cer- 
tificate of  deposit,   1065 

settlement    with    towns    by    state 
treasurer,  how  made, 1071 

towns  liable  to  return  to  treasurer,, 
when,   1068 

trustees  of  public  money  to  man- 
age; report,   1067 

SECRETARY  OF  STATE, 

Certificate    of    incorporation    of    li- 
brary,   1206 

SECURITIES, 

Permanent  school  fund,  1073,  1075,  1086 
Town    school    fund,    1087-1090 

SELECTMEN, 

Bonds  of  trustees  of  public  funds  ap- 
proved by, 1066 

DEAF,   DUMB,    BLIND,    ETC., 

certificate  as  to, 1176 

indemnity   bond,   executed   by;    du- 
ties  1173,  1174 

Directors,  vacancy  in  board  of,  filled 
by;  record 988 

Incorporated  school  district  bound- 
aries, change  of,  duties, 1143 

LAND  FOR   SCHOOL  PURPOSES, 

assessment  of  damages  for,   1110 

record  of  proceedings  kept  where,  1112 
removal  of  buildings  on, llll 

LIBRARIES, 

agent  for,  appointed  by,  when,  ...1216 
establishment  of;  orders  drawn  an- 
nually,    H98 

Presiding  officers  at  meetings  of 
school  district,  when,   979 

School  districts  in  unorganized 
places,  duties  as  to;  record;  com- 
pensation,    1118-1120 

School  houses,  location  determined 
by,  when,   1159 

SCHOOL   MONEY, 

division   between   town   and   incor- 

ated  district 1098,  1099 

false  distribution  of;  penalty, 1102 

statement  as  to,  filed  by,   1101 


12 


INDEX. 


SELECTMEN,  Continued,  sec. 

School  property,  duties  as  to,  982 

School  tax,  assessment  of, 1061 

State  school  tax,  order  drawn  by,  . .  .1093 
Taxes   for   school   purposes   assessed 

by, 1061 

Text-books,  recovery  for  loss  of 1107 

Town  school  funds,  duties  as  to,  .... 

1087,  1088 
Trustees  of  public  money,  bond  fixed 

by,    1066 

SENATE, 

Norwich  University,  appointment  of 
visitors  to,  confirmed,    1191 

SENATORS,  STATE, 

Scholarships  in  colleges,  duties  as  to, 

1181-1184,  1186-1188 
SHERIFFS, 

Truant  officers,  duties  as, 1028 

SIGHT  AND  HEARING  OF  PUPILS, 
Testing, 1163-1165 

STATE  LIBRARY, 

Documents  delivered  to  libraries  by 
librarian,    1219 

STATE  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION, 

Appropriation  for;  expenditure;  or- 
ders,     919 

STATE  TREASURER, 

Higher  instruction,  reimbursement  of 
towns  for,  1023 

PERMANENT   SCHOOL   FUND, 

accounts  audited;  certificate,  1086 

trustee  of;    duties,    1073-1086 

Pupils,  transportation,  etc.,  of,  du- 
ties as  to  dividing  appropriation 
for 1014 

Salary  of  superintendent  of  union  ap- 
portioned and  paid  by,  when,   941 

STATE    SCHOOL,    TAX, 

apportionment  of, 1092 

distribution  of;  board  for,  ..1095,  1096 

UNITED  STATES  DEPOSIT  MON- 
EY, 

received  by;  certificate  of  deposit,  1065 

return  of,  by  towns, 1068 

settlement  with  towns,  how  made,  1071 

STATE'S  ATTORNEYS, 

Truancy  law,  violations  of,  prose- 
cuted by,    1034 

STATISTICS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic,  etc.,  1170,  1171 
Town  clerk  to  return;   fees,   ..1057,  1059 


STUDIES, 


SEC. 


Courses  of;  distribution;  printing,  . . 

923,   924 

Evening  schools,    1010 

High    schools 1016 

Required  in  schools, 1003 

Special,  school  directors  may  provide 
for,   1004 


SUMMER  SCHOOLS, 
Held  when;   expense, 


917 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION, 

Advanced  instruction,  returns  as  to, 
sent  state  treasurer,   1022 

Circulars  issued  and  distributed  by; 
expense  limited,   921 

Clerks  of  school  directors  to  report 
to,  on  request,  1000 

Course  of  study  for  elementary 
schools  prepared  and  distributed 
by, ,....923,  924 

Duties,    generally, 914 

Educational  meetings  held  by,  when 
and  where;  expense;  how  paid,   . .  918 

Election;  vacancy, 914 

EXAMINATION    OP    TEACHERS, 

certificates  revoked,  when,   977 

certificates  to  teach  issued  on  ap- 
proval of,,  when,  ...... .963,  969,  970 

duties  as  to, 960 

examination  papers  subject  to  in- 
spection of 961 

questions  prepared  by;  expense,  .  .  922 
special    certificates,    superintendent 

to   approve, 969,  970 

standard  of,  fixed  by, 922 

unlimited  certificates  issued,  when, 

971,  972 

EXAMINERS    OP   TEACHERS, 

appointed  by,  with  governor;  re- 
moval;   vacancies,    925,    928 

duties  of,  superintendent  may  per- 
form when, 929 

meetings  with  state  superintend- 
ent,     927 

reports  of,    930 

Expert  supervision,  apportionment  of 

expense  approved  by,  941 

HIGH    SCHOOLS, 

courses  of  study  in,  prescribed  by; 
printing,    924,   1016 

higher  instruction,  blanks  as  to, 
furnished  by;  statements  filed,  .1022 

standard  established  by;  qualifica- 
tions of  pupils,  1021 

NORMAL   SCHOOLS, 

duties  and  powers  as  to, 949,  951 

graduate  of  school  in  another  state 

may  receive  certificate,  when,  . .  958 
practice    departments    established, 

how;  maintenance, 951 

Norwich  University,  member  of  board 
of  visitors;  duties, 1191,  1192 


INDEX. 


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SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCA-       sec. 
TION,  Continued, 

Office  in  state  house,   914 

Permanent  school  fund,  one  of  trus- 
tees; duties, 1073-1086 

Registers,  form  of;  to  furnish  to  town 

clerks,    1051,   1052 

Report, 920 

Sight  and  hearing  of  pupils,  duties  as 
to,    1163-11G5 

STATE    SCHOOL.   TAX, 

member  of  board  to  distribute 109G 

statements    of   number   of    schools 

forwarded  by;  blanks,  1094 

State  teachers'  association,  publica- 
tion of  addresses  and  papers;  ap- 
propriation,   919 

STATISTICS, 

blanks  for,  furnished  by;   receipt,  1057 
incorporated     schools     to    furnish, 
when,   1058 

Summer  schools  for  teachers,  may 
hold,  when;  length;  expense, 917 

Teachers'  institutes  held  by;  duties; 
expense, 915,  916 

Text-books,  receiving  pay  for  recom- 
mending; penalty,   1109 

Transportation,  etc.,  of  pupils,  du- 
ties as  to  appropriation  for,  1014,  1015 

Vacancy,   914 

SUPERINTENDENTS     OF     SCHOOL 
UNIONS, 

Appropriation  for,   941 

Definitions,  938 

DIRECTORS, 

chairman    and    secretary,    election 

and  duties  of, 940,  941 

convention;    organization;    powers,   940 

dissolving  urtfon, 940 

meetings,    939 

number;  joint  committee,  939 

orders  drawn  by, 942 

superintendent  removed  by,  when,  943 

union  formed  by  vote  of, 938 

Grand  Isle  County,  special  provisions 
as  to 944 

SUPERINTENDENT, 

election;  salary;  apportionment,  . . 

940,  941 

removal;  qualifications;  report;  du- 
ties  943 

time  spent  in  teaching,  deduction 
for, "..941 

Superintendent  of  education,  duties 
of 941 

Towns  forming  union  to  have  no 
other  superintendent,   940 

SUPERINTENDENTS,  TOWN, 

Appointment;  compensation;  women 
may  be,  when, 931,  986 


SUPERINTENDENTS,  TOWN,  Con-    sec. 
tinned, 

Child  labor  law,   duties  under,    .... 

1044,  1045 

Duties  generally,    934,  935 

Examination  of  pupil  demanding  ad- 
vanced   instruction,    1018-1020 

Permits  to  teach;  duties;  issue  and 
reissue 974-977 

Removal;   vacancy 932 

Report,  annual;  contents;  compen- 
sation,      937 

School  houses,  grounds,  etc.,  duties  as 
to,    935 

School  money,  inquiries  as  to  expen- 
diture of 1104 

Sight  and  hearing  of  pupils,  duties  as 
to  testing,  1164 

Teachers  dismissed  by,  when  and 
how;    compensation 936 

Term  of  office, 933 

Text-books,  selection  by;   taking  pay 

for  recommending  prohibited,   

1108,  1109 

Text-books,  supplies,  etc.,  duties  as 
to, 935 

Visiting  schools,  duties  as  to;  recom- 
mendations,   .934,   935 

SUPREME  COURT, 

Libraries,  vacancies  in  trustees  of 
filled  by  chief  judge, 1208 


TAXATION, 

Abatement  of  school  district  taxes,  . . 

1153,  1154 

ASSESSMENT   OP   TAXES, 
School  District   Tax, 

execution,  to  pay, 1155 

lands,  etc.,  to  purchase,  1156 

prudential    committee    to    assess 

when  voted 1149 

town,  assessed  by  selectmen,   ...1061 

State   School  Tax, 

apportioned  by  state  treasurer  on 

grand  list,    .1092 

assessed  annually;   rate,   1091 

COLLECTORS    OF   TAXES, 

discount  allowed  by,  when;   notice, 

1151,  1152 
school    district   collectors;    duties;- 

powers;  forfeiture 1128,  1139 

1149-1152 

Exemption  of  property  of  free  public 
library 1209 

GRAND    LIST, 

how  made  up,   1060 

school  district  taxes,  list  for, 1147 

state  school  tax  apportioned  on,  . .  .1092 
town  district,  how  made, 1060 


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INDEX. 


TAXATION,  Continued,  sec. 

School  district  taxes,   1147-1156 

(See  School  Districts:    Taxation.) 

School  houses,   money  for  purchase, 
how  raised,   984 

STATE    SCHOOL,   TAX, 

apportionment  of, 1092 

assessment;  rate,  1091 

distribution  of;  board  for,  . .  .1095,  109G 

legal  school  defined,   1097 

payment  of,   1093 

statement  of  number  of  schools  to 

be  filed;  forfeiture, 1094 

Town  treasurer  to  keep  money  raised 
separate, 1062 

UNORGANIZED    PLACES, 

state  school  tax,   1092,  1093 

tuition  and  transportation,  tax  as- 
sessed for  when,    1138 

Warrants  for  school  district  taxes,  .1149 

TEACHERS, 

Age  limit  for  teaching, 954 

Compensation;    directors  to   employ,   990 

1025,  1026 

Contracts  void,  when 954,   955 

Dismissal;  compensation,  936,  943 

EXAMINATIONS, 

conduct    of,    959,    960 

papers  to  be  preserved 961 

superintendent  of  union  may  act  as 

examiner,  when,  943 

time  and  place  of,  959 

Fire  drills,  duties  as  to;   fine,  1160,  1161 

Institutes  for;   time  and  place;   con- 
ducted how,   . '. 915,  916,  926 

Legal  holidays,  not  required  to  teach 
on, 1026 

Non-attendance    of    pupil,    notice    to 
truant  officer,    1032 

Normal  school  graduates  may  teach, 
how  long,    956-958 

NORMAL,    SCHOOLS, 

appointment, 949 

graduates    of    schools    in    another 
state  may  teach,  when,  958 

.Notification  to  clerk  of  board  of  direc- 
tors as  to  certificate, 955 

Permits  to  teach  issued,  when;  limi- 
tation; revocation, 974-977 

REGISTERS, 

certificates  of  proper  filling  out  of,  1054 
duties  as  to, 1053 

Sight  and  hearing  of  pupils,  duties  as 
to   testing 1164 

Summer  school  for,  when;  length;  ex- 
pense,     917 

Superintendent  of  union  may  dismiss, 
when,    943 

Text-books,  receiving  pay  for  recom- 
mending; penalty,   1109 

Time  spent  at  institutes,  etc.,  not  de- 
ducted,      1025 


TEACHERS,  Continued,  sec. 

Town     superintendent    may     dismiss 

when  and  how;  compensation,  ....   936 
Vocal  music,  etc.,  provision  for,  ....  1004 

TEACHERS'  INSTITUTES, 

Attendance  at, 1025 

Time   and   place;    conduct;    expense,  915 

916,  926 
TEXT-BOOKS, 

Directors  to  furnish;  rules,  ...1105,  1106 

Lost,  etc.,  payment  for,  1107 

Schools,  furnishing  to,   1105-1109 

Selection  of;  taking  pay  for  recom- 
mending prohibited,   1108,  1109 

Town  superintendent  to  ascertain  if 
supplied, 935 

TOWN  AUDITORS, 

School  directors'  accounts,  audit  of,  996 
School  houses  and  lands,  debts  for  au- 
dited by,  982 

TOWN  CLERKS, 

Certificate  to  secure  state  aid  for 
transporting  pupils,    1015 

Fees  for  school  returns 1059 

Higher  instruction,  statement  filed 
where,    1022 

Number  of  schools  certified  to  super- 
intendent,     1094 

RECORDS, 

Appointments, 

school   directors,   vacancy   filled,   988 

superintendent  of  schools,    931 

truant  officers,    1028 

incorporated  school  districts, 
change  of  boundaries, 1143 

land  for  school  purposes;  proceed- 
ings as  to  taking,   1112 

School  registers  furnished  to  and  by; 

receipt 1002,  1052 

School  statistics  returned  by;  fees,  . . 

1057,  1059 
Town    system    of    schools,    to    warn 

meetings,  when;  to  preside,   979 


.1016-1023 


TOWN  HIGH  SCHOOLS, 

(See  Higrh   Schools.) 


TOWN  LIBRARIES,  1211-1220 

(See  Libraries.) 

TOWNS, 

Deaf,  dumb,  blind,  etc.,  to  defray  cer- 
tain expenses  for, 1174 

OFFICERS, 

vacancies;  filled  how,   932,  1066 

women  eligible  to  what  offices,  931,  986 


INDEX. 
TOWNS,    Continued,  sec. 

PROSECUTIONS    AGAIINTST, 

school,      failing      to      appropriate 

money  for,    H03 

U.  S.  deposit  money,  violating  law 

as  to>    1070 

REPORTS, 

directors,     994 

superintendents,    ]'/]  937 

U.    S.    deposit   money   collected    and 
paid  to  state;   failure,   1080-1082 


TRUANT  OFFICERS,  Continued,      sec. 

Unorganized   places,    1133 

Violation   of   law    as    to   attendance 
duties,    1034 

TRUSTEES, 


TOWN  SYSTEM, 

Clerk,  vacancy  in  office  of,   meeting 

warned  how 979 

Districts    abolished,    except;    records 

preserved,   'g78 

Established, .[ .  978 

Grand  list  of,  how  made  up, '  .1060 

Meetings  in  town  having  incorporated 

districts,  when;  proceedings, 981 

School  houses,  etc.,  construction,  care, 

etc.,  of;  cost,  how  paid, 982'  983 

Tax  for  land  and  buildings,  '  984 

Town     clerk    may     warn     meetings, 

when;    to  preside,    ,  979 

Voters   in   incorporated   districts   de- 
barred from  voting  on  school  mat-      " 
ters' 980 

'TOWN  TREASURERS, 

Fees  of  town  clerk  as  to  school  re- 
turns, paid  how,  1059 

SCHOOL   FUNDS, 

credit  given  for  receipts  from  per- 
manent fund, •  _   io63 

expert     supervision,     state    money 

for,  credited  school  fund,  ...  941 

kept  separate;  paid  out  how,  1062  '  1090 

■  report  as  to,   '  1064- 

town  fund,  separate  account  of       1090 

what  credited  to 1098V 1099 

State   school  tax,   duties   as  to   pav- 
ment  of>    ..1093 

TRANSPORTATION, 

Pupils,  conveyance  of;  state  aid, 

1006-1008,  1014, 'l015 
TRUANT  OFFICERS, 

Appointment;  failure,  who  to  act       1028 
Arrest    of    child    for    not    attending 
school;    when;   notice;   complaint,   1036 

Pll,,  1037,1040 

Children  not  attending,  duties  as  to,  1033 

Compensation,    1039 

Complaints  against  persons  allowing 
children  to  work  in  mills,  etc.   con- 

V  ^f^  t0JaW'   1049>  1050 

Neglect  of  duty;   penalty 1042 

Non-attendance  because  of  want  of 
clothing,  duties,    1035 

Non-resident  pupils  subject '  to  "tru- 
ancy laws,    1038 


Incorporated  libraries, 

(See      Libraries:      Incorporated; 
Trustees.) 

Permanent  school   fund,    1072-1086 

(See    School    Money:    Permanent 
School  Fund.) 

Public  money,   1066,  1067,  1080-1082 

(See   School   Money:    Trustees  of 
Public  Money.) 
Town   and   village  libraries,    ..1213-1215 

TRUSTS, 

Libraries,    benefit    of;     corporation; 
proceedings,    1204-1210 


UNION    OF    INCORPORATED    AND 
TOWN  DISTRICTS, 

Incorporated  district  may  become 
part  of  town  district,  how, 1144 

Settlement  of  business  affairs;  re- 
cords;  existence  to  cease,  except,  1146 

Town  district  may  become  part  of  in- 
corporated  district,   how,    1145 

UNION  OF  SCHOOLS, 

Expert  supervision,  provisions  as  to, 

938-944 
(See    Superintendents    of    School 
Unions.) 

UNITED  STATES  DEPOSIT  MONEY, 

General    provisions 1065-1071 

Permanent  school  fund,  part  of, 1072 

1079-1083 
(Sec   School  Money.) 

UNIVERSITY    OF    VERMONT    AND 
STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE, 

Appropriation;    expenditure,    ..1178,  1179 
Scholarships,  appointments  to,   1181-1184 

UNORGANIZED  TOWNS  AND  GORES, 

School  districts  in,    1118-1138 

(See   School    Districts:    Unorgan- 
ised Places.) 
State  school  tax,   duties  of  commis- 
sioner as  to, 1093 

Taking  land  in,  for  school  purposes, 

1110-1117 

VACANCIES, 

Examiners  of  teachers,   925,  928,  929 

Library  commissioners,   '. . . ,  .'1193 


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INDEX. 


VACANCIES,   Continued,  sec. 

Library  trustees,    1208 

Normal  school  commissioners,  946 

Scholarships,  appointment  by  sena- 
tors,     1184,    1188 

School  directors, 988 

School  district  officers, 1123,  1130 

Superintendent  of  education 914 

Town  officers,    932,   1066 

Town  superintendent  of  schools,   . . .  932 
Trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  1077 

VERMONT  INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL, 

Commitment  of  truants  or  disobedient 
scholars 1041 

VILLAGES, 

Libraries 1211-1217 

(See   Libraries.) 

VOTERS, 

Disqualified  to  vote  in  town  meet- 
ings,  when,    980 

Incorporated  school  districts, 1139 

Unorganized  towns  and  gores;  eligi- 
bility decided  how, 1127,  1135 

Women  may  vote  on  school  matters, 
when,   986 


WARNINGS,  sec. 

School  district  meetings;  penalty,  . . 

1132-1134,  1136 

WARRANTS, 

School  district  tax,   1149 

Truants  arrested  without,    1036 

WEEK, 

School,  defined,  1024 

WOMEN, 

ELIGIBLE   TO   OFFICE, 

school  offices,  generally, 986 

town  superintendent  of  schools,   .  .   986 
Right  to  vote,  986 

WORKSHOPS, 

Children,   employment   in,   restricted, 

1044,  1046 

YEAR, 

School,  defined, 1024 


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